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THE 2003 FEKETE MURDER-SUICIDE CHANGED THE WAY THE JUSTICE SYSTEM LOOKED AT DOMESTIC VIOLENCE. OUT OF THE TRAGEDY, THE RED DEER COLLABORATIVE COURT PROJECT WAS BORN

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Change out of tragedy This is the second story in a three-part series looking at domestic violence in Red Deer and Central Alberta.

BY JOSH ALDRICH ADVOCATE STAFF The 2003 Fekete murder-suicide marked a low point for law enforcement in the city of Red Deer.

An investigation into the way the RCMP treated domestic violence cases uncovered systemic issues.

But out of these problems, the Red Deer Collaborative Court project was born in 2005.

It changed the way the entire system looked at domestic violence. No longer were such cases considered “family issues” and brushed off.

The Red Deer public was fed up and the provincial government was listening.

The project combines the Crown prosecutor, RCMP, psychotherapists, social workers, probation officers, the Central Alberta Women’s Emergency Shelter Association and Women’s Outreach Centre in one concerted effort. That team approach replaced the previous disjointed individualism of each branch.

The RCMP formed its own Domestic Violence Unit, and the Crown prosecutor’s office formed a dedicated division, complete with case co-ordinators to help determine immediate public and victim safety risks for each case.

Police services and the Crown prosecutor’s office operate from a handbook that has maximized the effectiveness of the unit.

“The lessons that have been distilled into our policy guidebook ... quite literally are the result of a lot of human suffering and seeing what’s happened in the past and how we can address it in the future,” said Crown prosecutor Ed Ring. “Law is not a science, but this is as close to a scientific approach as we’ve seen.”

ADVOCATE file photo from Oct. 3, 2003 Red Deer was not the first community in Alberta to Father Drago Knezevic officiates at the Interment of three-year-old Alex Fekete and one of his parents at the form a collaborative effort. According to Ring, Calgary spearheaded the program in the early 2000s. Alto Reste Cemetery in Red Deer.

But with the growing issue of domestic violence in Central Alberta, the Fekete murder suicide fast- work closely with victims to tailor safety plans, specific to each case. tracked the program here.

Ring has great respect for the police officers who Cpl. Cindee Scarrott heads the Domestic Violence Unit with the Red Deer RCMP. It is one of the most deal with this head on, diving into volatile, dangerous situations where drugs, alcohol and weapons are comprehensive in the province.

She says the goal is a simple one, but it’s far from often involved.

“I’ve never encountered anything close to the simple to achieve.

“The primary objective of the Domestic Violence dedication that I see working with the police and the Unit here in Red Deer is solely victim safety, which domestic violence court workers,” he said.

But the coldoesn’t always laboration mean charges does not just get laid,” she focus on incarsaid. “Someceration and times the best law enforcething that we ment. Much efdo is intercede fort is put into in regards to not just the having a conrehabilitation versation with of the victim, the victim and but of the ofmaking them fender as well aware of the through a thorsigns of domesough domestic tic violence in violence treatthe relationment program. ship and giving “There’s no them resources other aspect ily. When we hear about and witness the tragedies, and access to of Crown pros- the ones that end up like the Volkers and Feketes, different orgaecution where it has a devastating impact on the community. That’s nizations that you see these not the dollar cost on the community, that’s the emoare plentiful m u l t i - d i s c i - tional, safety, peaceful community cost.” (In 2011, in Red Deer so plinary views Brian Volker, a Delburne farmer, was found guilty they can make of first-degree murder in the death of his estranged better deciPhoto by ASHLI BARRETT/Advocate Staff coming togethwife Debi, 44.) sions and hope- Cpl. Cindee Scarrott, pictured in front of the RCMP’s downtown er,” said Ring.

But the dollar cost is also extreme.

The lingerfully get some detachment on Thursday morning, heads the domestic violence unit for ing problem is According to a 2012 report from Justice Canada, help.” the domestic family violence costs Canadians $7.4 billion every In 2 0 1 3 the RCMP. violence that is year, taking into account everything from policing alone, the unit not reported. It and health care to funerals and lost wages. investigated But why has domestic violence thrived for so 1,670 cases of reported domestic violence in Red is a plague within society and a generational, repeatDeer. That’s a considerable jump from the roughly ing institution, said women’s shelter executive direc- many years?

Ring looks directly at the changing societal views 2,800 cases reported between 2007 and 2012. There tor Ian Wheeliker.

Children who are abused or witness domestic vio- towards it. are a few reasons for that.

“It appears that domestic violence was something The scope over the last few years has changed lence often go on to be either victims or offenders as that was considered an in-house, family problem ...” dramatically for what lands on their desk, and that adults.

Wheeliker vigilantly goes to elementary schools he said. “The public approach to this has changed, has accounted for part of that large jump. Not every file turns into a case where charges are filed, of the throughout Central Alberta to educate children and which has contributed to the law catching up and the 1,670 cases last year, 426 led to charges. However, the staff about domestic violence. He says every teacher system catching up.”

The next step is for the law to get ahead of the isrising number of cases is a sign that the education he has talked to has a girl or boy in their class who sue. process in regards to domestic violence is working they suspect has been affected by domestic violence. jaldrich@reddeeradvoacte.com “I call domestic violence the cancer of families,” and people are beginning to trust the system and he said. “It eats up the kids, it eats up the mother, it Coming Monday: Domestic violence stains everything it report to it.

The RCMP and domestic violence case workers eats up the father and in the end it destroys the fam- touches with a dark cloud, but there is hope.

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The primary objective of the Domestic Violence Unit here in Red Deer is solely victim safety, which doesn’t always mean charges get laid.

— Cpl. Cindee Scarrott Domestic Violence Unit

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Hospital adds dialysis capacity PATIENTS WILL NO LONGER BE REQUIRED TO GO ELSEWHERE FOR TREATMENT

BY RENÉE FRANCOEUR ADVOCATE STAFF

BRIEFS Ponoka veteran honoured for community service A Ponoka veteran will be awarded the Governor General’s Caring Canadian Award for his community service on Monday.

Hugh Greene served in the air force during the Second World War. He has been a member of the Royal Canadian Legion since 1946, and has served both at a local level and as Dominion president.

Outside the Legion, Greene has served his community through the Chamber of Commerce, the Saint Augustine School Board and the Saint Augustine board of directors.

He has also volunteered as a leader with Scouts Canada and was the chair of the Ponoka Royal Canadian Air Cadet Squadron.

the draining treatment.

Dialysis is an artificial means to remove waste from the blood for those who have lost the function of their kidneys. Without it, the patients will die.

On Thursday, Thon was told she could come back to Red Deer but that her dialysis schedule would change from evenings to mornings.

“I wonder why all of a sudden they’re not moving anyone now,” Thon

alysis patients at the facility. They met with 75 year-old dialysis patient Joyce Reynolds of Sylvan Lake, who was told almost two weeks ago that she would have to have her next treatment session, scheduled for Tuesday, in Rocky.

Reynolds told the Advocate that if she had to continue travelling to Rocky in the winter time, she would rather stop dialysis. That decision would leave her with two weeks to live, she

‘I STILL HAVE A HARD TIME UNDERSTANDING WHY THEY PICKED ME IN THE FIRST PLACE AND DISRUPTED MY LIFE BUT I GUESS WE HAVE TO START A NEW CHAPTER AND MOVE ON.’ — ROSALIE THON SYLVAN LAKE

said. “I still have a hard time understanding why they picked me in the first place and disrupted my life but I guess we have to start a new chapter and move on.”

Kerry Towle, Wildrose MLA for Sylvan Lake-Innisfail, was outside the Red Deer hospital on Friday morning along with Lacombe-Ponoka MLA Rod Fox expressing their concerns for diThe Governor General’s Caring Canadian Award recognizes individuals who volunteer their time to help others and to build a smarter and more caring nation.

Town of Ponoka, AUPE reach bargaining deal A new collective bargaining agreement between the Town of Ponoka and its unionized employees includes a 13.5 per cent pay increase over the next three years, with a seven per cent increase in the first year alone.

Members of the Alberta Union of Provincial Employees local 118/004 ratified the agreement on Thursday.

The three-year deal includes a seven per cent increase in the first year, followed by a three per cent increase and then a 3.5 per cent increase.

“This employer was a pleasure to deal with from the start of negotiations,” said Ken Curtell, AUPE negotiator. “The town is very supportive of its employees and grateful of the work staff do for the community. That’s reflected in this agreement.”

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Towle and Reynolds were scheduled to meet with Alberta Health Services vice-president for the Central Zone Kerry Bales on Friday morning to talk about options, just before AHS released its statement announcing that all further travel for dialysis patients outside of Red Deer had been stopped.

Towle said the limited renal infra-

structure problem is an issue across the province. But she said the thing about Red Deer is that it was “no secret” that there was a 10-year time line to the unit’s capacity and plans should have been undertaken.

“You can put a mobile dialysis unit on the floor fairly quickly, we know. ...

We have floors in this hospital that are empty. Maybe move bureaucrats out of their offices and put in dialysis units if that’s what needed. It’s not that hard to do if you make it a priority,” Towle said.

“It’s really hard for Albertans to understand how we are facing this issue in Alberta when they (the provincial government) have no problem spending a billion dollars on severance packages and coaching and contracts and none of it is going to direct patient care. It’s mind boggling.”

Towle and fellow Wildrose MLA Heather Forsyth issued a statement later Friday afternoon welcoming AHS’s decision to expand the dialysis capacity in Red Deer. They noted, however, that it was only a short-term change and said they urge AHS to find a way to permanently provide expanded dialysis support. rfrancoeur@reddeeradvocate.com

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Kerry Towle, Wildrose MLA for Innisfail-Sylvan Lake, chats with Joyce Reynolds and fellow MLA for Lacombe-Ponoka Rod Fox outside the Red Deer Regional Hospital Centre on Friday morning before meeting with Kerry Bales, senior vice president with Alberta Health Services for the Central Zone. Reynolds, 75, was one of the patients that had been told she would have to go to Rocky Mountain House for dialysis instead of Red Deer.

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Red Deer dialysis patients will no longer be asked to travel outside of the city for treatment, says Alberta Health Services.

The dialysis unit has been operating over its capacity to treat 120 patients per week for several months, forcing some patients to drive to outlying units such as Rocky Mountain House and Wetaskiwin for the essential treatment that is required three times a week.

The treatment takes four hours each time.

According to a media release on Friday, “additional dialysis capacity will be added in the short term at Red Deer Regional Hospital Centre; a solution that has been in the works for several weeks.”

No further details on how this space has been created were provided.

AHS said three patients were travelling outside of Red Deer for treatment.

They will now receive treatment back in Red Deer. Two of these were single women, one 53 and the other 75, who went public with their plight earlier this week.

Another patient, Paul Norvila, from Rimbey, had been going to Red Deer for the past 11 years for dialysis. He was told on April 4 that he and his wife June would have to drive to Wetaskiwin for dialysis.

AHS said it is reaching out to all Red Deer dialysis patients, “to explain the capacity challenges we are currently facing, and to reassure them that they will not have to travel for treatment.”

In the longer term, AHS said it is “working hard to find a solution that will provide further dialysis capacity in Red Deer.”

Rosalie Thon of Sylvan Lake said that while she is glad to be back for dialysis in Red Deer, she has “lost all respect for Alberta Health and the Alberta government.”

Thon, who drives herself to and from each dialysis appointment, was told earlier this month that she would have to go to Rocky Mountain House instead of Red Deer for the treatment.

She tried the longer run once and said she would not drive to Rocky again; that she would contemplate completely quitting dialysis instead of endangering herself and others by getting behind the wheel for 45 minutes after

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Suspect not hurt in crash, says fire-medics

BY BRENDA KOSSOWAN ADVOCATE STAFF

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Red Deer fire-medics who checked out a driver accused of causing a fatal crash almost four years ago testified in court on Friday that he was uninjured and suffering no medical issues immediately afterward.

Rodney Ross Arens, 36, has been on trial since Monday before Justice Kirk Sisson in Red Deer Court of Queen’s Bench, charged with eight offences in relation to a crash on Kerry Wood and Taylor Drives on the evening of July 1,

2010, just before fireworks were to be lit.

Anouluck “Jeffrey” Chanminaraj, 13, died at the scene. His brother Jamie and sister Stephanie, 18 and 20 at the time, were both hurt.

Witnesses testified earlier this week that a black truck sped through the intersection at speeds of 75 to 80 km/h, striking a small car that had stopped in the intersection and was proceeding to make a left turn.

Arens is charged with impaired

driving causing death, dangerous driving causing death and six other charges, including refusing to provide samples of his breath to collision investigators.

Fire-medics called to testify in his trial said they checked Arens over at about 1:30 in the morning. They were not asked to address whether Arens may have been impaired, said lead prosecutor Robin Snider, who is sharing duties with second counsel Wayne Silliker.

Both fire-medics were a few minutes late to testify on Friday, after being called to assist at the front entry of the

courthouse, where a woman had fallen and hit her head. The woman said she was not badly hurt and was sent on her way after refusing an ambulance call.

Defence counsel Donna DerieGillespie said she had no issues with the brief delay.

The Crown’s case resumes on Tuesday with further expert and civilian witnesses expected to come to the stand.

Granted bail on the 2010 charges, Arens was arrested on new charges in December and remains in custody awaiting proceedings on those charges. bkossowan@reddeeradvocate.com

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Drunk driver receives jail time, driving suspension

BY BRENDA KOSSOWAN ADVOCATE STAFF Jail time and the long-term loss of driving privileges await a young Red Deer man who pleaded guilty on Friday to his second and third impaired driving offences.

Kevin James Connolly, 24, has been in custody since Feb. 20, when he was arrested for impaired driving.

Represented by defence counsel Greg Gordon, Connolly was already awaiting process on charges laid in May and November 2013 when he appeared in Red Deer provincial court on Friday to enter his pleas before Judge Bert Skinner.

Crown Prosecutor Murray McPherson said Connolly was charged with dangerous driving after speeding away from a police officer who pulled him over in Red Deer on May 12, 2103.

He had passengers in the vehicle.

The police officer “wisely chose not to follow” him, said McPherson.

Connolly’s vehicle was travelling at least 120 km/h when he lost control and left the road near the Lions Campground, where a number of people were inside their units, he said. The passengers had already left the vehicle and it’s fortunate that no one was hurt

in the crash, said McPherson.

Police arrested Connolly again on Nov. 21 for impaired driving and he was still awaiting process on those charges when he was arrested on Feb. 20. Police also found a small bag of marijuana during the Feb. 20 arrest, said McPherson.

In court on Friday, Connolly pleaded guilty to one count of dangerous driving, two counts of impaired driving, one count of possession of a narcotic and numerous counts of breaching release conditions.

After taking Connolly’s past record into account, reviewing a pre-sentence report and hearing submissions from McPherson and Gordon, Skinner sentenced him to 240 days in jail, minus credit of 99 days for the 65 days he was held in remand, and followed by 12 months on probation.

He also suspended the man’s licence for four years, including one year for dangerous driving and three years for impaired driving.

“That will assist you with regards to protection of the public,” said Skinner.

“You are a very young man. I hope the probation order will assist you with regard to your alcoholism and with regard to any psychological issues you may have.” bkossowan@reddeeradvocate.com

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Red Deer homeowners could pay on average $49 more on their property bills this year.

Council will consider options for the 2014 Tax Rate Bylaw on Monday.

Administration is recommending a 3.87 per cent increase across the board for residential, multi-family and non-residential property classes. This maintains the same municipal tax distribution as in 2013 between each of the classes.

Under the recommended option, the owner of an average residential property assessed at $300,000 would pay $4.12 more each month, bringing the annual tax bill to $2,516 from $2,467.

As for a non-residential property, the owner would pay $9.35 more each month or $112 more on their tax bill.

Administration will present other options for council to consider.

Council will also hear the 2013 annual financial report. The Municipal Government Act requires that municipalities prepare annual financial statements and submit them to Alberta Municipal Affairs by a May 1 deadline.

A public hearing will start at 6 p.m. on the proposed rezoning of A1-Future Urban Development District land to R1-Residential (Low Density) District; R1A-Residential (Semi-Detached) and P1-Parks and Recreation District, for the third phase in the developing Timber Ridge neighbourhood.

RED DEER ADVOCATE Saturday, April 26, 2014 A5

Cancer survivors looking forward to annual event FUNDRAISER ON JUNE 13

BY SUSAN ZIELINSKI ADVOCATE STAFF Richard Bone will be one of many Central Albertans taking part in the survivor’s victory lap at Red Deer’s 2014 Relay for Life on June 13.

“Last year was my first relay. It’s pretty inspiring,” said the 43-year-old from Ponoka.

“You walk around with these people and talk to them and it’s incredible the amount of strength people have, and you gain that from these people as well.”

Bone, who is also cochair of the event, was diagnosed with stage four colon cancer in December 2012. It metastasized to his liver and five lymph nodes. He’s undergone surgery and continues to receive chemotherapy.

The diagnosis was swift after he experienced pain while on his job in the oilpatch.

“I had no prior symptoms. I was working one night . . . and developed some upper abdominal pain under my ribs. My supervisor said you’re a tough guy, but you’re going to the hospital,” Bones said at the relay’s launch on Friday at CrossRoads Church.

Bone said the relay reminds people that they’re not alone. Getting involved in organizing the event also gave him something positive to focus on.

“One of the hardest things to get over is going from working pretty much every single day, long hours and hard work, to doing nothing.

It’s hard to adjust.”

He wants everyone at the 2014 relay to have a good time and “raise a pile of dough.”

Relay for Life is the Canadian Cancer Society’s biggest fundraiser of the year that brings people together to celebrate cancer survivors, remember loved ones and fight back against all cancers.

The 12-hour relay runs from 7 p.m. to 7 a.m.. It is a non-competitive event involving teams of up to 15 people who take turns walking or running around the track at CrossRoads Church.

Over the past 12 years, the Red Deer relay has brought in over $2.6 million. Together with other relays in Central Alberta, a total of $4.3 million has been raised in the region.

Red Deer relay cochair Sharon Butler said so far 23 teams have signed up for the 13th annual event.

Her family has participated for the past 11 years. She suspects it’s the companionship that keeps people coming back.

“They all stay in tents.

They walk the tracks together. Even if you’re walking by yourself, there will be someone else walking, and you just automatically start talking. It’s just very comforting for me.”

She said the luminaries that line the track glow like a beacon of light and represent the hope that eventually there will be an answer to cancer.

Bone said it’s inspiring to see the luminaries glow throughout the night.

“Every day there’s something new to fight,” Bone said.

For more information about the 2014 relay, visit relayforlife.ca. szielinski@reddeeradvocate.com

Senate reform, abolition ‘off table’: Harper

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA — Stephen Harper threw in the towel on Senate reform Friday after the Supreme Court slammed the door on his hopes of a quick fix for the scandal-plagued upper house.

The prime minister sounded resigned to the status quo as he gave up on more than three decades of championing an elected Senate, washing his hands of what has repeatedly been a central plank in Conservative election platforms.

Harper said he had no option left after the high court concluded that no major change can be made to the much-maligned Senate without a constitutional amendment supported by most or all the provinces.

That’s a politically risky and potentially divisive route that Harper has no intention of taking.

“We know that there is no consensus among the provinces on reform, no consensus on abolition and no desire of anyone to reopen the Constitution and have a bunch of constitutional negotiations,” a defeated-

sounding Harper told a business audience at an event in Kitchener-Waterloo, Ont. In essence, he added, the court has said “we’re essentially stuck with the status quo for the time being and that significant reform and abolition are off the table.”

He said he’s personally disappointed and predicted the “vast majority of Canadians” will be too. Nevertheless, Harper said his government “will respect that decision.”

In fact, the court did not put the kibosh on all Senate reform. It responded to specific questions from the Harper government on specific proposals to impose term limits on senators and to create a “consultative election” process to choose nominees.

The eight justices unanimously advised that Harper’s proposed reforms would require constitutional amendments approved by at least seven provincial legislatures representing 50 per cent of the population.

The Harper government had hoped it could proceed alone with such reforms.

Harper has periodically threatened to abolish the Senate if his reform plans are stymied. But the court set an even higher

bar for abolition: unanimous consent of all 10 provinces.

Some of Harper’s ministers have in the past promoted the idea of a national referendum to put pressure on the provinces for abolition. But Harper showed no interest in that Friday and his democratic reform minister, Pierre Poilievre, later ruled it out.

“We have no plan whatsoever for a referendum. We have no plans to open the Constitution and our focus will continue to be on the economy,” Poilievre said.

Since coming to power in 2006, Harper’s government has introduced several different versions of bills aimed at imposing term limits and electing senators. But they’ve all been allowed to languish in the legislative line-up after meeting with strenuous provincial objections to Ottawa’s attempts to go it alone.

Harper finally sought the top court’s advice on the matter in February 2013.

Saskatchewan Premier Brad Wall, a champion of abolition who backed the government’s efforts, was more blunt than Harper in his assessment.

“I think its over,” Wall said.

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Profitable pot revolution MARIJUANA IS TURNING INTO MAINSTREAM BIG BUSINESS When actors Peter Fonda and Den- omist Mike Moffatt told CBC that folnis Hopper hit the road on their chop- lowing the U.S. trend makes good ecopers in the counterculture film Easy nomic sense. Statistics Canada reports Rider, they cruised onto the big screen Canadians now pay $2 billion a year at the heart of the rise of recreational to enforce various drug laws. Moffatt drug use, with marijuana at its epicen- predicts that would be “significantly tre. reduced” with legalized recreational That same year, 1969, more than use.

400,000 fans gathered at the iconic Like it or not, marijuana is here to Woodstock Festival in August near stay, and experts say the baby boomers Bethel, N.Y. It was a pivotal moment in are showing the biggest interest in lepopular music history. And it further gal pot. And they are the biggest cohort asked the question: “What’s of voters. wrong with pot, man?” ac“The demographics is cording to Rolling Stone considerably older than I Magazine. had assumed it would be How things have changed. prior to doing research,” What was once counterculGreen Tours’ Johnson said. ture is now mainstream big “There are an awful lot of business. old hippies that are very These are high times for happy to live to see this entrepreneurs cashing in day.” on the lucrative sale of leIn 2008, Justin Hartfield gal marijuana, proving the of California founded Weedgrass indeed is greener on maps, a virtual menu card the other side of the fence. for pot users looking for the RICK The budding industry, best smoke. Hartfield, then ZEMANEK taking root since pot laws a certified medical marijuahave been loosened in Canna user, saw a business opada and the U.S., is predictportunity when he walked ing a legal harvest worth into his first dispensary in billions of dollars for growLos Angeles and found himers and government coffers in terms self staring at a dozen jars filled with of taxes. In the U.S., officials also an- various strains of weed, according to ticipate the elimination of the crimi- an Internet report. nal element now associated with mariHe now serves on the board of direcjuana sales, and a huge saving on court tors for the National Cannabis Induscosts to prosecute those caught with try Association, the Marijuana Policy the weed. Not to mention reducing sig- Project and the National Organization nificantly policing costs related to gang for the Reform of Marijuana Laws. Last activities linked to the pot trade. year, Weedmaps brought in several Some U.S. entrepreneurs have been millions of dollars — all taxed. imaginative in marketing legal cannaColorado politicians appear happy bis, including using vending machines. with the additional tax revenue, beAnd cannabis figures prominently in lieving the new industry could rake in the ingredients of the new-age candy $600 million this year — meaning $67 bar ingredients (to satisfy the munch- million in tax revenue, of which the ies) and various medicinal products. first $20 million has been earmarked “This is a very large and now pretty for schools. lucrative market,” says Peter Johnson, American Green’s Tranzbyte Corp. of Colorado Green Tours, which gives of Colorado recently introduced the consumers and investors tours of the “ZaZZZ machine,” the world’s first Colorado pot business. pot vending machine. While not yet Lucrative indeed. The U.S. market in operation, the machines will offer for legal marijuana, currently valued pot-laced goodies, such as Blue Kudu at $US1.4 billion, is projected to grow Chocolate bars to satisfy the munchto $2.3 billion this year and $10.2 bil- ies. Strict government regulations will lion over the next five years, according monitor the placements of the mato a report by ArcView Market. chines and who is allowed to use them.

And in Canada, with its softening And Bob Eschino, co-founder of stand on the medical use of marijuana, Medically Correct in Denver, is sella new industry is looking at mega-prof- ing 40,000 chocolate marijuana bars a its and the federal government is look- month, and doesn’t have enough of the ing at a tax bonanza. pot ingredients to meet the demand.

“It’s a huge market,” says Anton “I’ve never seen anything like this and Mattadeen, chief strategy officer for I’ve owned a business for the last 15 Richmond, B.C.’s legal grow-op Medi- years,” said Eschino.

Jean Distribution Inc. The company In Canada, some observers see a expects to produce almost 90,000 kg shift in accepting pot as a recreation of medical marijuana in its first year, drug. according to CBC. Health Canada prePharmaCan Capital’s CEO Paul Rosdicts upwards of 400,000 patients could en says attitudes towards marijuana be using medical pot within a decade. are shifting in Canada and around the Legalizing recreational use in Can- world — in the industry’s favour. Rosada, like our U.S. counterparts, would en’s company has invested in three mean even a bigger windfall. medical marijuana outfits in B.C., OnUniversity of Western Ontario econ- tario and Quebec, and has raised more

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TOP: Several strains of cannabis are offered by Patients Choice of Colorado on display in glass jars.

Bottom: Justin Hartfield, founder of Weedmaps, stands in a 420-square-foot hydroponic marijuana garden in Orange, Calif. Hartfield was among the first entrepreneurs to realize there was a profit in legal marijuana. than $10 million in the last 12 months.

“There’s a lot of cultural momentum — globally and within Canada — leading to a general, more accepting liberal understanding of what marijuana really is,” Rosen told CBC. Closer to home, the new medical marijuana rules aren’t being given the red-carpet treatment by various area municipalities in addressing building permit applications for a legal pot operation.

In an April 2 column, the Advocate’s Mary-Ann Barr appropriately points out that area officials “are already scrambling to consider whether they should allow these controversial legal grow-ops ... or whether they can prevent them from establishing once they have a Health Canada licence to produce.”

Among the concerns, Barr points out, is that residents feel medicinal pot producers will attract the criminal element.

But some of those concerned are missing the point. Existing illegal growops — and there are plenty among us — are being run by the criminal element. Illegal grow-op busts by the RCMP in Central Alberta are common.

Weapons seized from the premises are frightening.

These clandestine operations are not being taxed, there is no quality control of the product, there’s no screening for criminal records for those in charge, and there is no control on who is allowed to purchase the black-market product.

A controlled, legal growing situation would not attract the criminal element — no more than allowing a craft brewery to set up in a community.

Area municipalities must tune into modern times. If officials reject such building proposals when endorsed by Health Canada, those counties could

be subject to a lengthy and expensive court battle that will ultimately rule against their decisions.

Elsewhere in Canada, municipalities that have fallen on tough times welcome the legal pot industry. CBC reports that in Lakeshore, Ont., a town of about 40,000, has actively sought a medical pot producer. Hit hard by the ailing auto industry, the community welcomed a $12-million proposal by a U.S. company to build a legal pot-growing facility close to the town’s Ontario Provincial Police station. Mayor Tom Bain cited increased tax revenues and jobs.

Almost half a century after the drug revolution began in earnest, change really does seem to be all around us.

Rick Zemanek is a former Advocate editor.

All-nighters and the search for solutions The air on Tuesday morning at five because tired as they are, sleep is hard a.m. held the promise of a beautiful to come by in all the noise and activity day in the making. of a kitchen and the comings and goAs I opened the soup kitchen, I of ings. Some are so exhausted that they course didn’t know what to expect could sleep through a world war. what with every day being This year, and especialdifferent, so it came as a bit ly in the last four or five of a surprise when within months, there has been a five minutes, 20 or 25 folks subtle change in this popucame in. lation. Part of this change Some were under the stems from the transient influence of whatever, and nature involved in homesome were sober but cold. lessness; but some of But almost all of them sat the change is from policy down and leaning forward changes and new regulaonto the table, fell asleep. I tions that are inherent with learned later in the day that a change in policy makers. the emergency mat program This change is the instarted by Safe Harbour in crease of aggressive behavCHRIS response to Winter’s Inn iours that are exhibited. closure last fall had ceased I for one am extremely SALOMONS operation on Sunday past. aware of the attitudes that This is normally the time emanate from the general of year when Winter’s Inn population toward the would close as the threat of street people and their anfreezing to death is past. tics, and in some cases I empathize We don’t start breakfast until six with them. Anyone who works in a.m., but we open the doors as soon as this field will at times become overI get there and put on coffee, so it’s the whelmed with the constant barrage of perfect time for some to catch 40 winks. needy people, and if this feeling is alForty winks is about all they will get, lowed to fester, it destroys the compas-

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Two thousand years ago it was written, “You will always have the poor with you,” and sad to say, it was a very prophetic statement because we still have them.

We cannot deal with them by legislating them out of existence, nor can we drive them away by withholding funds to help them, so we have to come up with inventive ways to reduce the harmful effects of poverty.

From experience through the efforts put in, we periodically see some individuals grab hold of a helping hand and pull themselves out of their impoverished state. Others, because of health issues (both mental and physical), will always be in the condition of poverty.

And others choose to be there.

There are many people in our community, both in the private and the public sector, who are very imaginative when it comes to generating solutions to seemingly impossible situations.

The greatest problem to utilizing these resources comes from others who want absolute control, thereby preventing all sides working together, which re-

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The last two Sundays, I have listened to the testimony of “Cinderella” (a subject of previous articles) in her recovery and the struggles she faced in making dramatic changes in her life.

As well as being a heart-rending yet joyous story, it adds strength to the fact that efforts to help are needed.

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Let’s all raise our glasses high Let’s raise our glasses high … and then chuck them as far as they will go.

No, I’m not suggesting some sort of rowdy European toast involving large amounts of wine and singing and smashing goblets onto the floor, I’m talking about those other kind of glasses — the kind that sit on HARLEY your nose and HAY cling to your ears.

You know: eyeglasses, spectacles, specs, four-eyes — those sight-assisting devices many of us have more or less permanently attached to our face.

Now I’m really trying hard not to be ungrateful, after all, thank goodness somebody invented glasses so that we myopic minions can go through life without bumping into things.

It’s just that you just want to throw the darned glasses out the car window sometimes.

At least I do.

But that would be littering and subject to a humongous fine, and then I would bump into things with my car, which is even worse.

I can clearly remember everything being fuzzy.

This was in about Grade 3 down at South School, which has since been torn down and replaced by a seniors living complex (coincidence?) and I thought everybody saw the world as more or less blurry.

It was perfectly normal to me that the teacher’s writing on the blackboard

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was really so bad that I could barely read it — I just naturally assumed that she had somehow perfected a fuzzy style of writing.

And then I got glasses (odd that I don’t remember where or how) but all of a sudden the teacher could write perfectly and everything around me was so crystal clear that it was like living in a world of 3D (which come to think of it, is actually how we live in the world) and I didn’t even have those headaches anymore that I thought were also normal for everybody.

That’s good part.

It also meant, however, that it was the beginning of a lifetime of wearing spectacles.

It was quite unfortunate from the get-go that I had somehow ended up with the nerdiest cat-eye type glasses (thanks Mom) that immediately caused endless mirth among my buddies and constant kidding from the rest of world. Or so it seemed.

And also, along with the gift of sight came the sore nose from holding the glasses up, and the sore ears from the stiff glasses arms digging into your (my) big lugs.

As I may have mentioned, I had (have) quite the set of ears — let’s just say Dumbo would be proud — so there was a lot of flap upon which to hang the glasses.

Which generally caused my lugs to stick out even more, and to assume the colour of bright red through the normal wear and tear caused by heavy plastic vision correction wearing wounds into my ear-crotch and the back of my oversized jughandles.

Of course, glasses always fogged up in the winter, and they were always scratched and dirty on account of I was a little kid, and a little male kid to boot, and of course I kept losing them on account of I kept taking them off

whenever possible.

And by the time high school rolled around I took them off and lost them more or less permanently, quite happy by then to see the world through no glasses at all, rose-coloured or otherwise, and to put up with the odd headache.

Besides, I was busy concentrating on growing my hair as long as possible at the time, which may or may not have accounted for the odd headache.

But after years of bumping into things, blurry blackboards and fuzzy faces were no longer acceptable and I was forced kicking and screaming back into the land of the four-eyes. But by then, there were many more styles available, and a person could even get John Lennon wire glasses, which of course I did.

And after years of what can only be described as ‘tolerating’ the fact that I was both cursed and blessed with eyeglasses on a permanent basis, I was thrust headlong into that most frustrating, wonderful, stupid, excellent invention — bifocals. A lso, trifocals, and possibly multifocals, which have two or more areas of different magnification correction on different places on the glasses in front of your baby blues.

Later to called “progressive lenses,” this is basically a prank by the optical industry for the amusement of all those poor specialists who have to put up with people like me trying to pick out frames at the glasses store.

For them, it’s payback for us (me) being such a frustrating pain by grunting and griping about frames and glasses, etc., because they get to watch us attempting to function whilst peering, squinting and blinking through our new “progressives,” hopelessly confused and discombobulated.

At first it’s like looking at life in a

funhouse mirror.

Negotiating a set of stairs at the optician’s office feels like stepping off the Calgary Tower.

And when you finally get to the parking lot, all woozy and wonky, let’s just say you better have someone there to drive you home.

And when (if) you finally do get used to your multilayered progressive eyeglasses, you have to read with your nose way up in the air, and drive with your chin pressed firmly into your chest. Everything else you try to look at is known as your “middle vision” or, in scientific optical terms, your “totally burry part.”

But really, a person shouldn’t complain. It’s really a small price to pay for being able to see quite a few things semi-normally most of the time. I mean, it could be worse.

After all, we could get to the stage where people are shoving hunks of glass and/or plastic material right onto their eyeballs in order to attempt to see better without making an involuntary statement with the latest pair of seriously overpriced eyeglasses.

Or, heaven forbid, it’s not that far beyond the realm of ambitious imagination that people might someday want to get their eyeballs scratched and cut and burned in the wild and crazy hope that they can have their vision corrected without using various forms of magnifying glasses in front of or stuck to their precious irises.

Now if that ain’t nuts I don’t know what is.

I just wish I could afford it.

that each side sees in the power of the other.

Asked in a recent BBC interview about Obama’s decision to shift U.S. naval forces from an equal division between Atlantic and Pacific to a 60:40 ratio in favour of the Pacific, retired Major-Gen. Xu Guangyu, former vice-president of the People’s Liberation Army Defense Institute, replied: “How would (the Americans) like it if we took 60 per cent of our forces and sailed up and down in front of their doorstep?”

Then Xu added: “We want to achieve parity because we don’t want to be bullied. It will take us another 30 years.” That’s no more than anybody else wants, and it’s hardly imminent.

Former U.S. assistant secretary of state Philip J. Crowley was expressing essentially the same sentiment when, commenting on Obama’s trip, he said that “Many traditional allies ... value a strong U.S. presence in the region to balance against an assertive China.”

In other words, it doesn’t take evil

intentions to produce a tragedy. In any case, it’s not likely to happen soon. The point for the moment is that the strategic balance in Asia is what the U.S. cares about most, not the Middle East or even Russia.

The United States still drops drones on the heads of various bearded fanatics in the greater Middle East, but they are just a nuisance, not a real strategic threat. Washington has just sent 600 American troops (600!) to reassure allies in eastern NATO countries that are worried about Russian intentions, but it doesn’t really anticipate a new Cold War with Moscow, nor would it feel really threatened if that happened. Russia is not the old Soviet Union, and the U.S. defence budget is 10 times Russia’s.

The real strategic game is now in the Asia-Pacific region. Which doesn’t mean that it’s any less futile and dangerous than it was in the old days.

Gwynne Dyer is an independent journalist whose articles are published in 45 countries.

Harley Hay is a local freelance writer, award-winning author, filmmaker and musician. His column appears on Saturdays in the Advocate. His books can be found at Chapters, Coles and Sunworks in Red Deer.

Obama in Asia: elephant in the room Poor old Tony Blair is condemned to spend the rest of his life trying to justify his decision to help George Bush invade Iraq.

He was at it again recently, insisting that the threat of Islamist extremism is the great problem of the 21st century.

Western countries, he said, must put aside their differences with Russia and China in order to “co-operate” in the fight against radical Islam.

President Barack Obama, however, is tending to his real priority in world affairs: deciding whether the U.S.-China relationship will be one of co-operation or conflict. Not that that is the stated purpose of his current Asian tour. Officially he is discussing a free-trade deal, GWYNNE the Trans-PaDYER cific Partnership, with three countries that have already joined the negotiations (Japan, Malaysia and the Philippines) and one that probably soon will (South Korea).

It’s a very big deal. The 12 countries on the Pacific Rim that are currently in the negotiation — Canada, the United States, Mexico, Peru and Chile on the eastern side, Japan, Brunei, Malaysia, Vietnam, Singapore, Australia and New Zealand on the western side — account for nearly 60 per cent of global GDP and over a quarter of world trade.

But there is an elephant in the room (or rather, not in the room): China.

China is the second-largest economy in the world and trades extensively with almost every member of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) — but it is not part of the negotiations, or at least not yet. If it is kept out permanently, many consequences will follow.

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None of the 12 governments negotiating the deal has said that it wants to exclude China. The usual formula is to say that China would be welcome to join if it can meet the standards of financial transparency and equal access to domestic markets that are being accepted by the TPP members — but of course it can’t, unless the regime is willing to dismantle the controls on the economy that it still sees as essential to its survival.

Keeping China out of this planned free-trade area, the biggest in the world, is economically attractive to the current members, and especially to the United States and Japan: the TPP would give U.S. and Japanese companies preferential access to Asia’s markets. But the real motive driving the deal is strategic: they are all worried about what happens when China’s military strength matches its economic power.

The Chinese regime insists that it has no expansionist ambitions, but it has alienated most of its neighbours by pushing hard on its extensive claims to islands in the East China Sea (the dispute with Japan over the Senkaku/ Diayoyu Islands) and to seabed rights in the South China Sea (where it has disputes with Vietnam, Malaysia, Brunei and the Philippines). They all want to nail down U.S. support, including military backing, if those disputes flare into open conflict.

The U.S. is willing to oblige. Even before leaving on his trip, Obama publicly assured Japan that the U.S. military commitment to defend Japan included the islands claimed by China.

He will doubtless give his hosts in South-East Asia comparable assurances in private about American support in their seabed disputes with China.

The TPP is not a military alliance, but it definitely has military implications.

That is not to say that a great-power military confrontation in Asia is imminent, let alone that China is really expansionist. What drives the process, as usual, is more likely to be the threat

Canada needs to put innovation at forefront It’s a tough new world out there and Canada will need to reinvent itself if we are to successfully participate in it.

Part of that reinvention is already occurring as an innovation summit at Waterloo University showed, with a procession of young start-up companies that have emerged from the university and which are DAVID already making CRANE a mark in the world.

But much more is needed because nationwide, we still lag both in innovation and in making the shift from a North American to a global focus. As Gary Goodyear, the federal minister responsible for southwestern Ontario warned, the need for truly innovative companies is only going to become more intense. Indeed, many of today’s jobs will disappear and if we don’t replace them, we are in serious trouble. New jobs and new wealth tend to come from new activities based on innovation, either generated by start-

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up companies commercializing new knowledge or by existing companies that make innovation the centrepiece of their business strategy while pursuing new markets.

Kevin Lynch, vice-chair of BMO Financial Group and former clerk of the Privy Council, deputy minister of Finance and deputy minister of Industry Canada, warned that the nature of competitiveness is changing and “in a country like Canada, where we are relatively high cost and relatively small scale, we are not going to succeed except through innovation.” And while Canada has “some extraordinary innovators and great entrepreneurs, they are still the exception, not the rule.”

That must change, Lynch said. Today, “Canada is not an innovation nation or nation of innovators.” The Canada-U.S. free trade agreement was supposed to change our mindset and close the innovation-productivity gap with the U.S. But instead, the innovationproductivity gap has widened.

“It’s very easy to be complacent in a country like Canada,” Michael Horgan, Canada’s retiring deputy minister of Finance, told the summit. The fundamental problem behind the innovation gap in Canada, he contended, has been the lack of demand for innovation. So long as the labour force was growing fairly rapidly, and the cost of labour

was relatively cheap, and Canada had a low exchange rate, companies didn’t have to be innovative to be competitive. But now the population is aging and the exchange rate is relatively high, making it a new economic ball game where competition will force Canadians to be highly innovative if they are to succeed.

Peter Harder, former deputy minister of Foreign Affairs and International Trade and, before that, Industry Canada, warned that Canada was in serious danger of missing out on the “tectonic shift” to Asia because of what he called the “great Canadian conceit — that the world needs us.” It’s not true, he said, arguing that the rise of Asia “will have a greater impact on Canada than anything else.” But our failure to seriously engage China and other leading Pacific nations will, he warned, “undermine our capacity to participate in Asia’s innovation.”

That’s why, Harder argued, we urgently need a new national conversation on Canada’s economic future. The world is changing fast and we have to move from continentalism to globalization. In the meantime, there is a role for government. For example, John Knubley, the deputy minister of Industry Canada, said his department was developing a new five-year plan, focusing on the knowledge base that comes

from research, the training of a highly qualified workforce and more focus on innovation and entrepreneurship.

Steve Orsini, Ontario’s deputy minister of Finance, argued that the education system should alert students to the possibilities of entrepreneurship and innovation. The Ontario Securities Commission is looking at how to adopt crowdsourcing as a way for young entrepreneurs to raise early-stage capital, he said.

On an optimistic note, Howard Armitage, the founding director of the university’s Conrad Business, Entrepreneurship and Technology Centre, said that while there was much discussion of complacency, “we don’t see it in the student body.” They see themselves in a world where they could end up less well off than their parents as they face a tough, global marketplace.

“Young Canadians,” he said, “know they must be more innovative and entrepreneurial that their parents.”

One key challenge is to create the best possible environment to help this next generation succeed. Waterloo seems to be figuring it out as it pursues its “start-up nation” vision.

But we need a new national mindset and many more Waterloos if we are to win in the 21st century.

Economist David Crane is a syndicated Toronto Star columnist.

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SATURDAY, APRIL 26, 2014 FROM LEFT: Guides in traditional dress take visitors on guided tours of the Changdeok Palace and Secret Gardens. Built in 1405, the palace is a UNESCO World Cultural Heritage Site. A guard at Gyeongbokgung Palace.

Insadong is a popular traditional neighbourhood for tourists to visit. You can find all kinds of traditional arts and crafts, traditional clothing, antiques and restaurants in Insadong.

Photos by GREG OLSEN/Freelance

Discovering South Korean culture’s

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CLOCKWISE FROM ABOVE: Changdeok Palace is especially noted for the way it combines architecture with the natural landscape. A guard at Gyeongbokgung Palace. A food vendor at Gwangjang Market slices a sundae, which is a type of blood sausage made with glutinous rice or noodles, vegetables and meat stuffed inside pork intestine.

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ur guide Kim says he will take us to the food vendors at Seoul’s Gwangjang Market for a sundae later this af-

ular street food in Korea and our server dishes it up with some boiled pig’s liver and pig ears.

Despite Kim’s assurances that a Korean sundae is just as amazing as ternoon. the ice cream treat I have I have only been in Kocome to know and love in rea for two days, but it’s Canada, I’m a little nerlong enough to know that vous as I pick up a piece he’s probably not referof sundae with wooden ring to a delicious treat chopsticks and guide it made with fudge sauce towards my mouth. and ice cream.

As I bite down on the If you want to see a edge of the sausage, I place that is unmistakhave to admit that I am ably Korean, Gwangjang pleasantly surprised to Market is about as good discover that it’s actuas it gets. Established in ally not too bad at all.

1905, this market sells evIf I were hungry, I think DEBBIE erything from traditional I could eat the whole OLSEN Korean clothing and food piece. to bed sheets. For locals, A good friend of mine the market is particularoften says you need to try ly famous for its pojanga new food 20 times bemacha stalls that sell Korean snacks fore you can truly be sure that you like red bean porridge, pig’s feet, don’t like it. I am pretty sure that if and sundae.

I tried Korean sundae a few more As we approach the middle of the times I could learn to like it, but market and stop at a vendor stall, I I don’t think it could ever top the can see that my original suspicions classic North American hot fudge were correct. A Korean sundae is sundae. a boiled pig intestine stuffed with glutinous rice, vegetables and meat.

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ABOVE: The changing of the guard ceremony at Gyeongbokgung Palace. The ceremony recreates a traditional changing of the guard ceremony, which was first performed in 1496.

BELOW: A fellow traveller samples a Korean sundae. into the natural landscape. On most days, a guided tour takes visitors through the palace and gardens, but on Thursdays visitors can roam freely and experience the gardens that mesmerized Korean royalty for more than five centuries.

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KOREA: Fascinating blend of history, modernity

Visit a traditional neighbourhood Visiting a traditional neighbourhood lends insight into both the past and present of a city.

In Seoul, visitors should check out the traditional streets of Insadong-gil. This neighbourhood contains 40 per cent of Korea’s antique shops, as well as galleries, restaurants, historical craft shops and fun shopping venues.

To view historical architecture, check out the Bukchon Hanok Village, where you can find hundreds of hanok style houses dating back to the Joseon Dynasty.

Top four ways to discover Korean culture in Seoul Korea’s capital city is a fascinating blend of history, modern high-rises, culture and values.

Risen from the ashes of the devastating Korean War, Seoul has grown into one of the largest and most vibrant megacities in the world with more than 10 million residents.

Beneath the glitzy surface of this bustling Asian megacity is a vibrant culture that holds to Buddhist traditions of peace and serenity. This interesting dichotomy makes an exploration of Korean culture a fascinating endeavour.

Here are four ways to get a taste of Korean culture in its capital city:

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Try the food Food is culture and you can learn much about people by experiencing their traditional cuisine.

Even if you are afraid to actually taste some of the unusual foods on offer, walking through a local food market is a fascinating experience. Korean restaurants and cuisine is not as scary as it looks at first glance and many dishes have become popular with North Americans. ● Gwangjang Market — Established in 1905, this huge market is a feast for all the senses. There are more than 5,000 stores and 20,000 workers and it is the place to go to see what Seoul residents eat, drink and wear. If sundae makes you nervous, consider trying bindaetteok, a traditional pancake made with mung beans, pork and vegetables. ● Jinjinbara Restaurant — Famous for its traditional cuisine, this restaurant offers the chance to dine on the floor while being served classic Korean foods by women in traditional attire. ● Bibigo Restaurant — Try the bibimbap at this popular Korean restaurant. Bibimbap is a signature Korean dish that is so popular worldwide it was listed on the world’s 50 most delicious foods poll by CNN Travel readers. It’s a healthy dish with hot rice, sautéed vegetables, sliced meat and a fried egg.

Explore the history

To understand the culture of a place, you have to understand something about its history and traditions. Seoul has some remarkably well-preserved historical sites that are fascinating to explore. Here are two of the top ones: ● Gyeongbokgung Palace Changing of the Guard — The oldest and most famous of Seoul’s five palaces, it was built in 1395 and was used as the main seat of government off and on until about 1910. At one time, there were more than 330 buildings at this site, but all but 10 were destroyed during the Japanese occupation in the first part of the 20th century. In 1990, reconstruction of the palace was undertaken and in 1996 they began re-enacting the original changing of the guard ceremony of 1496 based on historical records. ● Changdeok Palace and Secret Garden — Built in 1405, this palace is a UNESCO World Cultural Heritage Site. What truly sets it apart from the other palaces is the stunning garden that flows through four valleys and features ponds and buildings integrated

Public bathhouses or jimjilbangs are open 24 hours and are an important part of Korean culture.

They are both bathhouses and inexpensive accommodations where business people crash after an evening out on the town or families visit on weekends.

Whether you visit one of the huge mega-sized jimjilbangs or a smaller neighbourhood one, you’ll find separate areas for women and men where you bathe naked in hot and cool medicinal pools filled with mineral water, green tea, and ginseng. There are also showers, steam rooms, saunas and cold rooms.

Body scrubs, massages and other beauty treatments are available and there is a communal area where you wear special shorts and shirts and families hang out together. It usually costs under $10 to enter and use the baths and since most North Americans have yet to discover the traditional Korean bathhouse, it’s truly a local experience.

If you go ● Several carriers provide flight service to Seoul direct from Vancouver. Flights with Air Canada (www.aircanada.com) from Calgary to Vancouver to Seoul return start at about $1,500 per person. ● For more information on visiting Seoul, check out the official tourism website at: http://english.visitkorea.or.kr.

Debbie Olsen is a Lacombe-based freelance writer.

If you have an interesting travel story you would like to share, please email: DOGO@telusplanet.net or write to: Debbie Olsen, c/o Red Deer Advocate, 2950 Bremner Ave., Red Deer, Alta., T4R 1M9.

Risks outweigh income for Sherpas after tragedy

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS KATMANDU, Nepal — With Mount Everest’s climbing season in disarray, the Sherpa guides who decided to abandon the mountain this year after a deadly avalanche said Friday that they would struggle to make ends meet.

Last week’s avalanche was the deadliest ever recorded on Everest, killing 16 of the guides and exposing long-simmering resentment by Sherpas who say they face disproportionate risks ushering foreign tourists up the highest mountain in the world.

While the work on Everest is dangerous, it has also become the most sought-after source of income for many in Nepal’s ethnic Sherpa community. A top high-altitude guide can earn $6,000 in a three-month climbing season — nearly 10 times Nepal’s $700 average annual salary.

“I have children and a family to take care of. I got some money and don’t know if I will get the rest or not,” said Ang Sherpa, who was trekking back to his village Friday. “Mountain climbing was the main chunk of our income, but we have a small tea store on the side of the trail near Namche village, where we serve snacks for the trekkers.”

Many of those who left the mountain said the risks and respect for those killed in the April 18 avalanche outweighed the money they would make.

“I got about half the pay for what I would have earned this season, but that’s enough for now,” said Dawa, who is among those who declared 2014 a “black year” on Everest and will be returning home.

“There is always going to be another season.

The mountain is always there. There will always be mountaineering and mountaineers,” said Dawa, who uses one name.

Most attempts to reach Everest’s summit are made in mid-May, when a brief window normally offers better weather. Many Sherpas have other, less lucrative jobs during the off-season, including farming and running hotels and restaurants.

While the climbing season has not been officially cancelled, guides and Sherpas said it appeared increasingly unlikely that any summit attempts would

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A meeting between Nepalese government delegation and Sherpa mountain guides near Everest base camp, Nepal, on Thursday. Nepal’s attempts to salvage the Mount Everest climbing season took another hit Friday as more Sherpa mountain guides packed and left the base camp for their village homes a week after the deadliest disaster on the world’s highest mountain. be made from the Nepal side of the mountain. Several expedition companies have cancelled their climbs for the season, although Nepal’s Tourism Ministry has announced that those teams can try again over the next five years, without having to pay the permit fees.

Teams pay an average of $100,000 for a permit.

While the major expedition companies can survive a cancelled season, smaller groups say they will struggle. Temba Tsheri, 28, who runs the Dreamers Destination Treks and Expedition company in Kathmandu, said he had 20 Chinese climbers at Everest’s base camp still deciding whether to call off their

climb.

“Some of the big companies have already said they are returning and are packing up their camp.

But smaller companies like mine are still undecided,” he said. “We have spent money on food, equipment, oxygen, paying porters to get all that to base camp. ... How are we going to bear all these losses?”

The Sherpas who stand to lose the most from walking off the job are the ones who take foreign clients up to the summit and carry their gear, although hundreds more who cook and clean at base camp would also be hurt.

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BY THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA — Camping requires a lot of equipment — like a tent for starters.

For people who want the experience but lack the gear, Parks Canada is launching an “equipped campsite” program at nine national parks, with equipment donated by Mountain Equipment Co-op.

“Visitors who reserve an equipped campsite will be provided with a tent, a sleeping pad, a cookset, a kitchen shelter and a lantern,” Parks Canada said in an email. Some sites include additional supplies.

The program will be offered at Cape Breton Highlands National Park, N.S.; Kouchibouguac National Park, N.B.; Thousand Islands National Park, Ont.; Georgian Bay Islands National Park, Ont.; Riding Mountain National Park, Man.; Prince Albert National Park, Sask.; Elk Island National Park, Alta.; Banff National Park, Alta.; and Pacific Rim National Park Reserve, B.C. Dates vary, but at most parks the program will run from mid-May to early September.

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A Parks Canada Heritage Interpreter demonstrates blacksmithing at Fort Langley National Historic Site, in the Fraser Valley, B.C.

Time travel awaits visitors at B.C.’s Fort Langley National Historic site

Calgary Airport Authority invites people to roam longest runway CALGARY — It’s not often you get to set foot on a major airport runway — never mind one that is 4.2 kilometres long.

The Calgary Airport Authority is inviting the public to a weekend event dubbed Run and Roam the Runway, June 14-15, to celebrate the completion of its newest landing strip.

Under construction since 2011, it’s the longest runway in Canada.

Participants are welcome to run or walk the entire length and back (8.4 kilometres) or join a five-kilometre fun run. The “BodyBreak” fitness team of Hal Johnson and Joanne McLeod will lead a warm-up.

As well, a festival geared to families will include vintage plane displays and aviation exhibits.

Aircraft will start using the $620-million runway on June 28, said airport authority spokesperson Jody Moseley.

She said Calgary International Airport needs a long runway because of its altitude — a little over 975 metres above sea level, which means “aircraft require more runway length to arrive and take off, especially during hot summer days.”

Currently, the biggest planes in the world might have to take off at the airport with a reduced payload, she said.

“This new runway allows them to take off completely full of people and cargo.”

BY KEVEN DREWS THE CANADIAN PRESS FORT LANGLEY, B.C. — Time travel isn’t a far-out concept at Fort Langley National Historic Site in British Columbia’s Fraser Valley.

On any given day, visitors can step more than a century and a half back into the province’s past, when the fur trade powered the economy, the Hudson’s Bay Company was the governing authority, and the United States posed a serious military threat.

Visitors stepping into this company fort, through timber palisade walls, will hear the clank of the blacksmith’s mallet, the crack of musket fire and the crackle of the campfire.

This isn’t any old pioneer village; it’s 19th-century B.C. history brought to life, where interpreters wearing period costumes tell the stories of local First Nations, Scottish settlers, FrenchCanadian voyageurs and Metis children.

“It is the birthplace of British Columbia. It’s the location where the province we live in started,” said Nancy Hildebrand, a spokeswoman for Fort Langley National Historic Site.

“If this fort wasn’t here we might be flying a different flag today. This might have ended up being part of the United States.”

The fort, on the southern bank of the Fraser River and about 40 kilometres east of Vancouver, sits where the Hudson’s Bay Company relocated its operations in 1839 to trade with First Nations.

An earlier fort was established in 1827 just four kilometres to the west but had to be moved because of the risk of flooding.

From the current location, the company collected furs for shipment to Europe, and prepared cranberries and fish for markets in California and Hawaii and produce for Russians in Alaska.

From the current spot, James Douglas, the first governor of British Co-

Forillon National Park highway will improve access GASPE, Que. — Parks Canada will spend nearly $15 million to rebuild a section of highway in the Gaspe region’s Forillon National Park.

The three-year project will improve access to the park and increase visitation, the agency said.

Highway 132 between the villages of Cap-des-Rosiers and Cap-aux-Os will be rebuilt, and a parking lot constructed at the highest point on the route, the entrance to the Les Cretes trail.

Work is to begin in June.

Parks Canada says it will develop a management plan to minimize as much as possible the impact of the work on traffic and on the safety of residents.

Over the past five years, investment projects in the park have totalled more than $26 million, Parks Canada says.

Amsterdam gets green light to ban pot shops in Red Light district AMSTERDAM, Netherlands — Amsterdam has won court permission to ban marijuana cafes in its famous Red Light district, stepping up a crackdown on the city’s freewheeling lifestyle.

Marijuana is technically illegal in the Netherlands, but possession of small amounts is not prosecuted and it is sold openly in “coffee shops.” Prostitution is legal. But Mayor Eberhard van der Laan argues the district’s brothels and coffee shops generate criminality, and he has sought to have many closed.

Coffee shop owners argued that laws were being selectively enforced against them.

In a ruling published Wednesday, the Amsterdam District Court sided with the mayor, saying he “has the freedom to carry out policies he considers desirable to protect public order.”

The city has shuttered 192 out of 482 brothels where prostitutes work behind windows in the Red Light district since 2006, or around 40 per cent of the total — after winning court support for its argument that the high concentration of brothels made them hard to regulate.

The plan for coffee shops is to close 26 out of the 76 now in business.

BUFFALO, N.Y. — Battle re-enactments, tours, exhibits and other events are set for this year’s commemoration of the bicentennial of the War of 1812.

The U.S. and Britain fought some of the war’s bloodiest battles two centuries ago this year in Ontario, Canada and western New York.

The Canada-based Niagara 1812 Legacy Council earlier this week announced its list of 2014 events, including a July 5 re-enactment of the Battle of Chippawa, followed the next day by a re-enactment of the Battle of Lundy’s Lane, both in Niagara Falls, Ontario.

The annual Siege of Fort Erie re-enactment will be held the weekend of Aug. 9-10 at Old Fort Erie, across the Niagara River from Buffalo.

lumbia, proclaimed the Crown colony, securing the territory for Queen Victoria in the face of thousands of Americans seeking riches during the gold rush of 1858.

Hildebrand said some 30,000 gold miners passed through the fort where they were issued licences.

Visitors shouldn’t be surprised that they, too, can pan for gold on the present-day site, not far from a store house that was built around 1839.

Hildebrand said about a dozen special events take place on the site during the year.

And Parks Canada has added a few new activities.

She said starting May 3, visitors will be able to take guided audio tours of the fort in English, French, Mandarin, Japanese, German and Spanish.

They will also be able to register for two special campfire programs that start May 10 and focus on the voyageurs and the Royal Engineers, added Hildebrand.

Depending on the program, visitors will be able to make bannock, shoot an airsoft musket, dress in period pieces and, of course, sit around a campfire and listen to stories, she said.

Guests can also book an oTENTik. The five

furnished luxury tent cabins are located within the fort and are decorated in special themes reflecting First Nations, French Canadian, gold miners and Scottish settlers. There’s even a Hawaiian tent.

The tents were introduced last year, but Hildebrand said Parks Canada has redecorated them, adding power and Wi-Fi. Once visitors have had their fill of the past, they can step back into the present by visiting the town of Fort Langley, located just outside the fort.

Deborah Kulchiski, a spokeswoman for Tourism Langley, said a unique experience awaits tourists in local antiques shops and artisan galleries and in the vineyards outside of the town.

“We’ve also become very well known as a destination for our wineries,” she said. “We have six wineries within Langley.

“Our agri-tourism is probably one of our more sought-after activities in the region, especially in today’s world where everyone is becoming more cautious of where their food is coming from.”

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DeRozen effort spoiled RAPTOR SCORES 30 POINTS IN LOSS TO NETS

BY LORI EWING THE CANADIAN PRESS Brooklyn 102 Toronto 98 NEW YORK — Kyle Lowry was nursing a sore knee and a bloody lip, with coach Dwane Casey saying his point guard looked like he’d been through a “15-round bout.”

The Toronto Raptors dropped a 10298 decision to Brooklyn on Friday giving the Nets a 2-1 lead in their best-ofseven playoff series. And in the dressing room after the loss, and moments before he headed back to the team hotel with “a whole lot” of ice, Lowry called on his teammates to bring more fight as well.

“We’ve got to be more physical, they’re bringing their physical nature, we’ve got to bring our physical nature,” Lowry said. “I think we’ve got to figure it out sooner, how we’re going to play from the jump to the finish. . . I figured out we’ve got to play physical from top to bottom.”

DeMar DeRozan scored 30 points and Patrick Patterson added 17 points for the Raptors, who rallied from a 15-point fourth-quarter deficit to nearly steal a victory in Brooklyn. Jonas Valanciunas added 10 points and 10 rebounds for his third consecutive double-double of the series.

Toronto was looking for its first playoff road win since Game 1 of their second-round series against Philadelphia in 2001, but trailed 77-66 with one quarter left against the Nets in the unfriendly confines of Barclays Arena.

The Raptors dug themselves a 15-point hole in the fourth quarter before finally showing some fight, rallying to within a point with 34 seconds left in a final scrappy 12 minutes that saw 22 fouls called.

“We’ve got to be aggressive through the whole game, we can’t wait until they pick up their aggressiveness and then we pick it up too,” DeRozan said.

“We’ve got to be aggressive throughout the whole game.

“Once they had their big lead, we tried to fight back and we can’t put ourselves in that situation.”

Toronto forward Terrence Ross continued to struggle in the series, scoring

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Toronto Raptors’ Greivis Vasquez defends Brooklyn Nets’ Paul Pierce (34) during the second half of Game 3 of an NBA basketball first-round playoff series Friday in New York. The Nets won 102-98. five points in 21:36 of work. He also had two rebounds and three turnovers.

The Nets led by 15 a couple of times in the fourth before the Raptors finally came to life, with Patterson draining a three-pointer to spark an 8-0 Raptors run that pulled Toronto within seven points with 2:31 on the clock.

They continued to eat away at the point difference, pulling to within a point on a free throw by DeRozan with 20 seconds left. Patterson then missed two shots from the foul line with 19 seconds left that would have tied the game.

“I missed them,” Patterson said.

“My first big free throws that I have

ever missed in my life like that. Unfortunately, it sucks but all I can do is look forward to the next opportunity.”

A key moment down the stretch came with 47.3 seconds left when Toronto’s Greivis Vasquez was called for a foul on Deron Williams — a call that outraged the Raptors bench, and Vasquez, who was subsequently slapped with a technical.

“I was just trying to contain D-Will.

He was trying to push me off a little bit but it was a basketball play,” Vasquez said.

When asked if he expected to receive the foul, Vasquez wouldn’t say.

“I don’t want to talk about the ref-

erees. I don’t want to lose any money at all, so next question,” he said. “The referees are going to go to sleep fine, I’m not going to go to sleep because we lost.”

Patterson was a little more vocal.

“Is that something new?” he said on the officiating. “In regards to calls not going our way or us feeling a certain way about referees, it has been taking place all year long. For us to think it’s going to change in the playoffs, we are fooling ourselves.”

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Toews scores on breakaway to beat Blues in OT

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Chicago Blackhawks’ Brandon Bollig, left, passes the puck as St. Louis Blues’ Jordan Leopold defends during the first period in Game 5 of a first-round NHL hockey playoff series Friday in St. Louis.

Chicago 3 St. Louis 2 ST. LOUIS — Jonathan Toews caught the St. Louis Blues’ defence napping after the Chicago Blackhawks got a lucky carom.

Just like that, the puck was in the net and the defending Stanley Cup champions were in command of the first-round series.

“I wasn’t even sure where their Dmen were,” Toews said after scoring at 7:36 of overtime to give the Blackhawks a 3-2 victory Friday night and a 3-2 series lead. “Just got going as fast as I could. Take advantage of a chance.”

Blackhawks goalie Corey Crawford stopped a shot by David Backes, defenceman Duncan Keith cleared the puck and the rebound deflected off Andrew Shaw’s shin pad all the way to the Chicago captain alone at centre ice off a change. Toews sped in with two defencemen in futile pursuit and threw a few fakes at goalie Ryan Miller before slipping a backhander into the net.

“I was just saying to some of the guys in the other room, I’m trying to get the puck out of the zone and all of a sudden it lands on his stick,” Keith said. “Couldn’t believe it. So, I was pretty happy seeing that.”

St. Louis defenceman Roman Polak saw Toews coming off the bench but reasoned that the Blues had control, so he left the ice about the same time Backes was shooting. Replacement Jay Bouwmeester never had a chance and Toews also got behind Jordan Leopold.

“It was a lucky bounce or something,” Polak said. “It was just a lucky bounce.”

Marian Hossa and Ben Smith also scored for the Blackhawks, who have won three in a row and can wrap up the first-round series at home Sunday.

Four of the first five games in the series have gone to overtime.

“I think we got lucky on that winning goal, but I don’t think that at the end of the day we win because of luck,” Keith said.

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Flyers even series at 2 with 2-1 win over Rangers

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Flyers 2 Rangers 1 PHILADELPHIA — Steve Mason stopped 37 shots in his first start of the series, Matt Read and Jakub Voracek scored and the Philadelphia Flyers evened their first-round matchup against the New York Rangers with a 2-1 win in Game 4 on Friday night.

Ray Emery started the first three games for Mason, who was out with an upper-body injury. Mason played the final 7:15 in a 4-1 loss Tuesday night.

Mason was just getting warmed up.

He played perhaps his best game of the season, shutting down a Rangers team that pressured him with shots all

game. He was a wall in the final tense minutes when the Rangers pulled goalie Henrik Lundqvist for the extra attacker.

Dominic Moore scored for the Rangers.

Game 5 is Sunday at Madison Square Garden.

Mason heard a thunderous ovation and chants of “Ma-son! Ma-son!” as he skated off a post-season winner for the first time in his career.

He earned this one.

The Rangers outshot the Flyers 166 and dominated a first period that put Mason to work in a hurry. But the Flyers escaped with a 1-1 tie after Jason Akeson’s shot off the backboards bounced straight to Read, who beat

Lundqvist on his left side for the goal.

“He told me he meant to do that,” Read said. “It came right to me. I just had to one-time it. I think Lundqvist got a piece of it but we’ll take it.”

Voracek redirected Brayden Schenn’s shot from the slot past Lundqvist for a power-play goal and a 2-1 lead. Mason had never played with a lead in five career post-season starts.

Mason hadn’t started a playoff game in five years since his rookie season with Columbus. The Blue Jackets were swept by Detroit in that series, and the late-season injury against Pittsburgh delayed his Philadelphia post-season debut.

Flyers captain Claude Giroux hasn’t scored in the series but his strongest

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performance came after Game 3’s loss when he said, “We’re going to tie up the series and go back to New York.”

Off they’ll go to New York, the series tied.

Giroux limped to the bench after taking a hard hit late in the third. Giroux, third in the NHL with 86 points, had no shots on goal in the first two games and has only two assists through four games.

Moore gave the Rangers a 1-0 lead when he joined the rush out of the penalty box and scored on a wraparound goal 4:38 into the game.

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WHL PLAYOFFS Round 3

Today

Sunday ● Junior B tier 2 lacrosse: Lacoka Locos at Innisfail Yetti, 3:30 p.m.

Transactions BASEBALL American League BALTIMORE ORIOLES — Sent 3B Manny Machado to Frederick (Carolina) for a rehab assignment.

BOSTON RED SOX — Optioned 3B Brock Holt to Pawtucket (IL). Reinstated 3B Will Middlebrooks from the 15-day DL. CHICAGO WHITE SOX — Claimed RHP Hector Noesi off waivers from Texas.

HOUSTON ASTROS — Placed RHP Matt Albers on the 15-day DL. Recalled RHP Jose Cisnero from Oklahoma City (PCL).

OAKLAND ATHLETICS — Sent SS Jake Elmore to Sacramento (PCL) for a rehab assignment.

SEATTLE MARINERS — Recalled LHP Lucas Luetge from Tacoma (PCL).

TEXAS RANGERS — Placed 3B Kevin Kouzmanoff on the 15-day DL, retroactive to Wednesday.

Reinstated 3B Adrian Beltre from the 15-day DL. National League COLORADO ROCKIES — Sent RHP Jhoulys Chacin to Colorado Springs (PCL) for a rehab assignment. Agreed to terms with RHP Rafael Betancourt on a minor league contract.

SAN DIEGO PADRES — Placed 3B Chase Headley on the 15-day DL. Optioned INF Tommy Medica to El Paso (PCL). Designated OF Alex Castellanos for assignment. Transferred RHP Josh Johnson to the 60-day DL. Selected the contract of SS Jace Peterson from San Antonio (TL) and RHP Kevin Quackenbush from El Paso.

American Association LINCOLN SALTDOGS — Signed C Chris Anderson.

ST. PAUL SAINTS — Traded OF Chris Valencia to Camden for a player to be named.

Can-Am League QUEBEC CAPITALES — Signed LHP Alex Szymanski.

TROIS-RIVIERES AIGLES — Signed RHP Sean Keeler.

Frontier League EVANSVILLE OTTERS — Signed RHP Edgar Lopez.

FRONTIER GREYS — Signed RHP Lamarre Rey. GATEWAY GRIZZLIES — Signed RHP Richard Barrett, INFs Jonathan Johnson and Michael Wing and LHP Luke Westphal to contract extensions.

Signed RHP Daniel Oliver.

ROCKFORD AVIATORS — Signed SS Tanner Witt.

FOOTBALL National Football League NFL — Announced the resignation of senior vice-president of events Frank Supovitz.

BUFFALO BILLS — Exercised their fifth-year option on DT Marcell Dareus.

CAROLINA PANTHERS — Exercised their fifthyear option on QB Cam Newton.

CLEVELAND BROWNS — Named Dr. Jamil Northcutt director of player engagement.

GREEN BAY PACKERS — Announced the resignation of assistant offensive line coach Joel Hilgenberg.

HOCKEY National Hockey League DETROIT RED WINGS — Recalled G Jake Paterson from Grand Rapids (AHL).

American Hockey League AHL — Suspended Oklahoma City RW Steve Pinizotto two games and Texas RW Scott Glennie one game.

ECHL UTAH GRIZZLIES — Released G Sam Marotta.

SOCCER Major League Soccer MLS — Fined Columbus M Bernardo Anor an undisclosed amount for instigating/escalated an incident during an April 19 game and Chivas USA coach Wilmer Cabrera an undisclosed amount for public criticism after an April 19 game.

COLLEGE DUKE — Announced QB Brandon Connette is transferring to Fresno State.

GEORGETOWN — Named Melba Chambers, Sarah Jenkins and David White women’s assistant basketball coaches.

SACRAMENTO STATE — Announced the resignation of football coach Marshall Sperbeck.

Promoted defensive co-ordinator Jody Sears to interim head coach.

TENNESSEE — Released men’s basketball incoming freshman F Phil Cofer from his letter-ofintent.

VIRGINIA — Announced TE Jake McGee will transfer.

Soccer MLS Eastern Conference GP W L T GF Kansas City 6 3 1 2 9 Columbus 6 3 1 2 9 New York 8 2 2 4 12 Toronto 6 3 3 0 6 D.C. 6 2 2 2 6 New England 7 2 3 2 5 Philadelphia 8 1 2 5 9 Houston 7 2 4 1 7 Chicago 7 0 1 6 10 Montreal 7 0 4 3 6

GA 4 6 11 7 7 9 10 12 11 14

Pt 11 11 10 9 8 8 8 7 6 3

Western Conference GP W L T GF 7 5 1 1 17 7 4 2 1 14 7 3 0 4 11 6 3 1 2 8 7 2 2 3 10 5 2 1 2 7 7 1 3 3 8 7 0 3 4 8 5 0 2 3 5

GA 10 11 6 5 8 4 13 12 7

Pt 16 13 13 11 9 8 6 4 3

Wednesday’s results New York 4 Houston 0 Saturday’s games Philadelphia at Montreal, 2 p.m.

Colorado at Seattle, 2 p.m.

Dallas at D.C., 5 p.m.

Kansas City at New England, 5:30 p.m.

New York at Columbus, 5:30 p.m.

Vancouver at Salt Lake, 7:30 p.m.

Chivas at San Jose, 8:30 p.m.

Sunday’s games Portland at Houston, 1 p.m.

Saturday, May 3 New England at Toronto, 11 a.m.

San Jose at Vancouver, 5 p.m.

Salt Lake at Chicago, 6:30 p.m.

Los Angeles at Colorado, 7 p.m.

Philadelphia at Seattle, 8 p.m.

D.C. at Portland, 8:30 p.m.

Houston at Chivas, 8:30 p.m.

Pts 80 75 74 70 69 63 57 49 46 44 43 37 36 36 35 33 32 30 30 29

Saturday, April 26 Southampton vs. Everton, 1145 GMT Fulham vs. Hull City, 1400 GMT Stoke vs. Tottenham, 1400 GMT Swansea vs. Aston Villa, 1400 GMT West Brom vs. West Ham, 1400 GMT Manchester United vs. Norwich, 1630 GMT Sunday, April 27 Sunderland vs. Cardiff City, 1100 GMT Liverpool vs. Chelsea, 1305 GMT Crystal Palace vs. Manchester City, 1510 GMT Monday, April 28 Arsenal vs. Newcastle, 1900 GMT

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Edmonton vs Medicine Hat (Edmonton leads series 3-1) Friday, Apr. 18 Edmonton 8 Medicine Hat 3 Sunday, Apr. 20 Edmonton 3 Medicine Hat 1 Tuesday, Apr. 22 Medicine Hat 2 Edmonton 1 Wednesday, Apr. 23 Edmonton 4 Medicine Hat 1 Saturday, Apr. 26 Medicine Hat at Edmonton, 7 p.m.

Monday, Apr. 28 x-Edmonton at Medicine Hat, 7 p.m.

Tuesday, Apr. 29 x-Medicine Hat at Edmonton, 7 p.m.

Goal — Portland: Boes (W, 4-0-0); Kelowna: Cooke (L, 9-4-1).

Kelowna vs Portland (Portland wins series 4-1) Friday, Apr. 18 Kelowna 5 Portland 4 Saturday, Apr. 19 Portland 5 Kelowna 3 Tuesday, Apr. 22 Portland 4 Kelowna 3 (OT) Wednesday, Apr. 23 Kelowna 1, Portland 5 Friday, Apr. 25 Portland 7 Kelowna 3

Montreal 4, Tampa Bay 0 Wednesday, April 16: Montreal 5, Tampa Bay 4, OT Friday, April 18: Montreal 4, Tampa Bay 1 Sunday, April 20: Montreal 3, Tampa Bay 2 Tuesday, April 22: Montreal 4, Tampa Bay 3

St. Louis 2, Chicago 3 Thursday, April 17: St. Louis 4, Chicago 3, 3OT Saturday, April 19: St. Louis 4, Chicago 3, OT Monday, April 21: Chicago 2, St. Louis 0 Wednesday, April 23: Chicago 4, St. Louis 3, OT Friday, April 25: Chicago 3, St. Louis 2 OT Sunday, April 27: St. Louis at Chicago, 1 p.m. x-Tuesday, April 29: Chicago at St. Louis, TBD

NHL Playoffs FIRST ROUND (Best-of-7) (x-if necessary) EASTERN CONFERENCE Boston 3, Detroit 1 Friday, April 18: Detroit 1, Boston 0 Sunday, April 20: Boston 4, Detroit 1 Tuesday, April 22: Boston 3, Detroit 0 Thursday, April 24: Boston 3, Detroit 2, OT Saturday, April 26: Detroit at Boston, 3 p.m. x-Monday, April 28: Boston at Detroit, TBD

Pittsburgh 2, Columbus 2 Wednesday, April 16: Pittsburgh 4, Columbus 3 Saturday, April 19: Columbus 4, Pittsburgh 3, 2OT Monday, April 21: Pittsburgh 4, Columbus 3 Wednesday, April 23: Columbus 4, Pittsburgh 3, OT Saturday, April 26: Columbus at Pittsburgh, 5 p.m.

Monday, April 28: Pittsburgh at Columbus, TBD x-Wednesday, April 30: Columbus at Pittsburgh, TBD

FRIDAY’S SUMMARY Winterhawks 7, Rockets 3 First Period 1. Portland, Turgeon 2 (Iverson) 13:12.

2. Portland, Leipsic 11 (Petan, Bjorkstrand) 15:45 (pp).

Second Period 3. Portland, Leier 6 (Petan, Pouliot) :24 (pp).

4. Kelowna, Baillie 5 (Rigby, Severson) 8:29 (pp).

5. Kelowna, Lees 2 (Bowey, Tvrdon) 10:48 (pp).

Third Period 6. Portland, Dumba 3 (Bjorkstrand, De Leo) :59.

7. Portland, Leipsic 12 (Pouliot, Leier) 2:56 (pp).

8. Portland, De Leo 7 (Leier, Bjorkstrand) 6:33.

9. Portland, Iverson 2 (Turgeon, De Champlain) 8:22.

10. Kelowna, Kirkland 5 (Severson, Baillie) 11:27.

Shots on goal by

Saturday, April 26: Minnesota at Colorado, 7:30 p.m.

Monday, April 28: Colorado at Minnesota, TBD x-Wednesday, April 30: Minnesota at Colorado, TBD

N.Y. Rangers 2, Philadelphia 2 Thursday, April 17: N.Y. Rangers 4, Philadelphia 1 Sunday, April 20: Philadelphia 4, N.Y. Rangers 2 Tuesday, April 22: N.Y. Rangers 4, Philadelphia 1 Friday, April 25: Philadelphia 2, N.Y. Rangers 1 Sunday, April 27: Philadelphia at N.Y. Rangers, 10 a.m. x-Tuesday, April 29: N.Y. Rangers at Philadelphia, TBD WESTERN CONFERENCE Colorado 2, Minnesota 2 Thursday, April 17: Colorado 5, Minnesota 4, OT Saturday, April 19: Colorado 4, Minnesota 2 Monday, April 21: Minnesota 1, Colorado 0, OT Thursday, April 24: Minnesota 2, Colorado 1

Flyers 2, Rangers 1 First Period 1. NY Rangers, Moore 1 (Boyle) 4:38.

2. Philadelphia, Read 1 (Akeson, Coburn) 8:55.

Second Period 3. Philadelphia, Voracek 2 (Schenn, Streit) 7:22 (pp).

Third Period No Scoring.

Penalties — None.

Shots on goal by NY Rangers 16 12 10 — 38 Philadelphia 6 11 8 — 25 Goal — NY Rangers: Lundqvist (L, 2-2-0); Philadelphia: Mason (W, 1-0-0).

Anaheim 2, Dallas 2 Wednesday, April 16: Anaheim 4, Dallas 3 Friday, April 18: Anaheim 3, Dallas 2 Monday, April 21: Dallas 3, Anaheim 0 Wednesday, April 23: Dallas 4, Anaheim 2 Friday, April 25: Dallas at Anaheim, 8:30 p.m.

Sunday, April 27: Anaheim at Dallas, 6 p.m. x-Tuesday, April 29: Dallas at Anaheim, TBD San Jose 3, Los Angeles 0 Thursday, April 17: San Jose 6, Los Angeles 3 Sunday, April 20: San Jose 7, Los Angeles 2 Tuesday, April 22: San Jose 4, Los Angeles 3, OT Thursday, April 24: San Jose at Los Angeles, late x-Saturday, April 26: Los Angeles at San Jose, 8 p.m. x-Monday, April 28: San Jose at Los Angeles, TBD

TELUS CUP PRELIMINARY ROUND GP W L T GF GA Pts x-Prince Albert 5 3 0 2 11 3 8 x-Toronto 5 3 2 0 13 18 6 x-Chateauguay 5 2 1 2 16 12 6 x-Okanagan 5 1 1 3 22 14 5 Halifax 5 1 3 1 10 18 3 Moose Jaw 5 0 3 2 9 15 2 x — clinched playoff berth.

Note: Two points for a win, one for a tie.

Friday’s results Chateauguay 4 Moose Jaw 2 Okanagan 11 Toronto 2 Prince Albert 3 Halifax 0 Thursday’s results Halifax 5 Okanagan 4 Prince Albert 2 Moose Jaw 0 Toronto 3 Chateauguay 1 End of Preliminary Round

FRIDAY’S SUMMARIES Blackhawks 3, Blues 2 (OT) First Period 1. Chicago, Hossa 1 (Bickell, Hjalmarsson) 16:11.

Second Period 2. St. Louis, Oshie 1 (Steen, Jackman) 11:04.

3. Chicago, Smith 1 (Brookbank, Kane) 17:10.

Third Period 4. St. Louis, Pietrangelo 1 (Schwartz) 1:42.

Overtime 5. Chicago, Toews 2 (Keith) 7:36.

Shots on goal by Chicago 9 11 8 2 — 30 St. Louis 6 13 7 3 — 29 Goal — Chicago: Crawford (W, 3-2-0); St. Louis: Miller (LO, 2-3-0).

PLAYOFFS Saturday’s games Semifinals Prince Albert vs. Okanagan, 2 or 6 p.m.

Toronto vs. Chateauguay, 2 or 6 p.m.

Sunday’s games Bronze Medal Game Semifinal losers, 11 a.m.

Gold Medal Game Semifinal winners, 3 p.m.

Basketball NBA Playoff FIRST ROUND (Best-of-7; x-if necessary)

Brooklyn 2, Toronto 1 Saturday, April 19: Brooklyn 94, Toronto 87 Tuesday, April 22: Toronto 100, Brooklyn 95 Friday, April 25: Brooklyn 102 Toronto 98 Sunday, April 27: Toronto at Brooklyn, 5 p.m.

Wednesday, April 30: Brooklyn at Toronto, 4, 5 or 6 p.m. x-Friday, May 2: Toronto at Brooklyn, TBD x-Sunday, May 4: Brooklyn at Toronto, TBD

EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlanta 2, Indiana 1 Saturday, April 19: Atlanta 101, Indiana 93 Tuesday, April 22: Indiana 101, Atlanta 85 Thursday, April 24: Atlanta 98, Indiana 85 Saturday, April 26: Indiana at Atlanta, noon Monday, April 28: Atlanta at Indiana, 6 p.m. x-Thursday, May 1: Indiana at Atlanta, TBD Miami 2, Charlotte 0 Sunday, April 20: Miami 99, Charlotte 88 Wednesday, April 23: Miami 101, Charlotte 97 Saturday, April 26: Miami at Charlotte, 5 p.m.

Monday, April 28: Miami at Charlotte, 5 p.m. x-Wednesday, April 30: Charlotte at Miami, 5 or 6:30 p.m. x-Friday, May 2: Miami at Charlotte, TBD

Washington 2, Chicago 0 Sunday, April 20: Washington 102, Chicago 93 Tuesday, April 22: Washington 101, Chicago 99, OT Friday, April 25: Chicago 100, Washington 97 Sunday, April 27: Chicago at Washington, 11 a.m. x-Tuesday, April 29: Washington at Chicago, 5 or 6 p.m. x-Thursday, May 1: Chicago at Washington, TBD WESTERN CONFERENCE San Antonio 1, Dallas 1 Sunday, April 20: San Antonio 90, Dallas 85

Wednesday, April 23: Dallas 113, San Antonio 92 Saturday, April 26: San Antonio at Dallas, 2:30 p.m.

Monday, April 28: San Antonio at Dallas, 7:30 p.m.

Wednesday, April 30: Dallas at San Antonio, 5, 6:30 or 7:30 p.m. x-Friday, May 2: San Antonio at Dallas, TBD Memphis 2, Oklahoma City 1 Saturday, April 19: Oklahoma City 100, Memphis 86 Monday, April 21: Memphis 111, Oklahoma City 105, OT Thursday, April 24: Memphis 98, Oklahoma City 95, OT Saturday, April 26: Oklahoma City at Memphis, 7:30 p.m.

Tuesday, April 29: Memphis at Oklahoma City, 6, 7 or 7:30 p.m. x-Thursday, May 1: Oklahoma City at Memphis, TBD Golden State 1, L.A. Clippers 1 Saturday, April 19: Golden State 109, L.A. Clip-

pers 105 Monday, April 21: L.A. Clippers 138, Golden State 98 Thursday, April 24: L.A. Clippers at Golden State, late Sunday, April 27: L.A. Clippers at Golden State, 1:30 p.m.

Tuesday, April 29: Golden State at L.A. Clippers, 8:30 p.m. x-Thursday, May 1: L.A. Clippers at Golden State, TBD Portland 2, Houston 0 Sunday, April 20: Portland 122, Houston 120, OT Wednesday, April 23: Portland 112, Houston 105 Friday, April 25: Houston at Portland, 8:30 p.m.

Sunday, April 27: Houston at Portland, 7:30 p.m. x-Wednesday, April 30: Portland at Houston, 7:30 p.m. x-Friday, May 2: Houston at Portland, TBD

Baseball AMERICAN LEAGUE East Division W L Pct 13 10 .565 11 11 .500 11 12 .478 11 13 .458 10 13 .435 Central Division W L Pct 12 8 .600 12 12 .500 11 11 .500 11 11 .500 11 12 .478 West Division W L Pct 15 8 .652 14 8 .636 11 11 .500 8 13 .381 7 17 .292

New York Baltimore Toronto Boston Tampa Bay Detroit Chicago Kansas City Minnesota Cleveland Oakland Texas Los Angeles Seattle Houston

Tampa Bay at Chicago White Sox, 6:10 p.m.

Cleveland at L.A. Angels, 8:05 p.m.

GB — 1.5 2 2.5 3 GB — 2 2 2 2.5 GB — 1/2 3.5 6 8.5

Friday’s Games Kansas City 5, Baltimore 0 L.A. Angels 13, N.Y. Yankees 1 Boston 8, Toronto 1 Detroit 10, Minnesota 6 Oakland 12, Houston 5 Chicago White Sox 9, Tampa Bay 6 Texas at Seattle, 8:10 p.m.

San Francisco 5, Cleveland 1 Today’s Games L.A. Angels (H.Santiago 0-3) at N.Y. Yankees (Nuno 0-0), 11:05 a.m.

Boston (Buchholz 0-2) at Toronto (Morrow 1-1), 11:07 a.m.

Detroit (A.Sanchez 0-2) at Minnesota (P.Hughes 1-1), 12:10 p.m.

Cleveland (McAllister 3-0) at San Francisco (Lincecum 1-1), 2:05 p.m.

Kansas City (Guthrie 2-1) at Baltimore (W.Chen 3-1), 5:05 p.m.

Oakland (Straily 1-1) at Houston (Keuchel 2-1), 5:10 p.m.

Tampa Bay (C.Ramos 0-1) at Chicago White Sox (Joh.Danks 2-0), 5:10 p.m.

Texas (Lewis 1-1) at Seattle (F.Hernandez 3-1), 7:10 p.m.

Sunday’s Games Boston at Toronto, 11:07 a.m.

Kansas City at Baltimore, 11:35 a.m.

Detroit at Minnesota, 12:10 p.m.

Oakland at Houston, 12:10 p.m.

Tampa Bay at Chicago White Sox, 12:10 p.m.

Cleveland at San Francisco, 2:05 p.m.

Texas at Seattle, 2:10 p.m.

L.A. Angels at N.Y. Yankees, 6:05 p.m.

Monday’s Games Oakland at Texas, 6:05 p.m.

NATIONAL LEAGUE East Division W L Pct Atlanta 15 7 .682 New York 13 10 .565 Washington 13 11 .542 Philadelphia 11 11 .500 Miami 10 13 .435 Central Division W L Pct Milwaukee 17 6 .739 St. Louis 13 11 .542 Cincinnati 11 12 .478 Pittsburgh 9 15 .375 Chicago 7 15 .318 West Division W L Pct Los Angeles 13 10 .565 San Francisco 13 10 .565 Colorado 12 11 .522 San Diego 11 13 .458 Arizona 7 18 .280

GB — 2.5 3 4 5.5 GB — 4.5 6 8.5 9.5 GB — — 1 2.5 7

Philadelphia at Arizona, 2:10 p.m.

Monday’s Games Chicago Cubs at Cincinnati, 5:10 p.m.

Milwaukee at St. Louis, 6:15 p.m.

Colorado at Arizona, 7:40 p.m.

San Diego at San Francisco, 8:15 p.m.

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HRs—Los Angeles, I.Stewart (2), Pujols (9), Aybar (1), Cowgill (2).

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Ventura, G.Holland (9) and S.Perez; Jimenez, McFarland (7) and Wieters. W—Ventura 2-1. L— Jimenez 0-4.

H.Alvarez, Da.Jennings (7), A.Ramos (8), Cishek (9) and Saltalamacchia; Wheeler, Germen (7), Familia (9) and d’Arnaud. W—Familia 1-2. L—Cishek 1-1.

HRs—Miami, Saltalamacchia (3), G.Jones (4).

Friday’s Games Washington 11, San Diego 1 N.Y. Mets 4, Miami 3 Atlanta 5, Cincinnati 4 Milwaukee 5, Chicago Cubs 2 St. Louis 1, Pittsburgh 0 Philadelphia at Arizona, 7:40 p.m.

Colorado at L.A. Dodgers, 8:10 p.m.

San Francisco 5, Cleveland 1 Today’s Games San Diego (Cashner 2-2) at Washington (Roark 1-0), 11:05 a.m.

Cleveland (McAllister 3-0) at San Francisco (Lincecum 1-1), 2:05 p.m.

Pittsburgh (Liriano 0-3) at St. Louis (Lyons 0-1), 2:05 p.m.

Chicago Cubs (T.Wood 1-2) at Milwaukee (Estrada 1-1), 5:10 p.m.

Cincinnati (Leake 2-1) at Atlanta (Hale 0-0), 5:10 p.m.

Miami (Slowey 0-0) at N.Y. Mets (Mejia 3-0), 5:10 p.m.

Philadelphia (Cl.Lee 3-2) at Arizona (Arroyo 1-2), 6:10 p.m.

Colorado (Nicasio 2-0) at L.A. Dodgers (Maholm 0-2), 7:10 p.m.

Sunday’s Games Miami at N.Y. Mets, 11:10 a.m.

Cincinnati at Atlanta, 11:35 a.m.

San Diego at Washington, 11:35 a.m.

Chicago Cubs at Milwaukee, 12:10 p.m.

Pittsburgh at St. Louis, 12:15 p.m.

Cleveland at San Francisco, 2:05 p.m.

Colorado at L.A. Dodgers, 2:10 p.m.

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Porcello, J.Miller (6), Krol (6), E.Reed (7), Chamberlain (8), Nathan (9) and Avila, Holaday; Correia, Swarzak (3), Tonkin (6), Thielbar (8), Fien (9) and K.Suzuki. W—Porcello 3-1. L—Correia 0-3. HRs— Detroit, Castellanos (3). Minnesota, Dozier (7).

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Bailey, Hoover (7), S.Marshall (7), Christiani (8) and Mesoraco, B.Pena; E.Santana, Avilan (7), D.Carpenter (7), J.Walden (8), Kimbrel (9) and Gattis. W—E.Santana 3-0. L—Bailey 1-2. Sv—Kimbrel (7). HRs—Atlanta, J.Upton (6).

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W—Garza 1-2. L—Villanueva 1-5. Sv—Fr.Rodriguez (10). HRs—Milwaukee, Overbay (1).

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Golf ZURICH CLASSIC At TPC Louisiana Avondale, La. Purse: $6.8 million Yardage: 7,425; Par: 72 Second Round Ben Martin Andrew Svoboda Seung-Yul Noh Robert Streb Erik Compton Peter Hanson Charley Hoffman Jeff Overton Keegan Bradley J.B. Holmes Will Wilcox Michael Thompson Bo Van Pelt Graham DeLaet David Duval Retief Goosen Tommy Gainey J.J. Henry Chad Collins Mark Anderson Kevin Kisner Morgan Hoffmann Daniel Summerhays Justin Rose Kyle Stanley Alex Prugh Robert Allenby Kevin Chappell Bud Cauley Bronson La’Cassie Brooks Koepka Paul Casey Stuart Appleby D.H. Lee John Rollins Danny Lee Sang-Moon Bae Brendan Steele Briny Baird Martin Flores John Senden Sean O’Hair Joe Durant Troy Matteson Tim Wilkinson Troy Merritt Tag Ridings Scott McCarron Andres Romero Freddie Jacobson Mark Calcavecchia Vijay Singh D.A. Points Boo Weekley David Toms John Merrick Wes Roach

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BY THE CANADIAN PRESS Boston 8 Toronto 1 TORONTO — It’s been a bad threegame stretch for the Blue Jays and the numbers tell a bleak story: three straight home losses, 29 runs given up on 42 hits and 13 walks.

Toronto (11-12) gave up leads in 10-8 and 11-4 losses to the Baltimore Orioles this week. It was never close Friday as the Boston Red Sox got to Mark Buehrle early en route to an 8-1 win.

“Tomorrow comes quickly and early,” Jays manager John Gibbons said hopefully, “So we need to get back out and play some good baseball.”

It’s sorely needed. Toronto’s pitching staff has a combined earned-run average of 4.70 with 99 walks. And the Jays are hitting .247.

Boston slugger David Ortiz hit his 50th career homer against the Jays and right-hander Jake Peavey scattered five hits over seven innings in a tidy outing to earn his first win after four non-decisions. A unanimous NL Cy Young Award-winner in 2007, Peavey struck out seven and walked two.

The lone blemish on the Peavey scoresheet was a Juan Francisco home run — his first as a Blue Jay — in the seventh inning. The six-foot-two 245-pound designated hitter muscled a moonshot that landed in the right-field boxes just under the 500 level.

Buehrle (4-1) was trying to become first Blue Jays starter to win his first five starts of the campaign. Instead he wobbled early as the Red Sox (1113) recorded their 300th career victory against Toronto before an announced crowd of 29,411.

The 35-year-old left-hander came into the game with a 4-0 record and MLB-leading 0.64 ERA. Buehrle had allowed two runs in 28 innings, striking out 19 and walking only five batters.

The opposition was batting .210 against him.

On Friday, he gave up seven runs on 12 hits in 5 1/3 innings, throwing 101

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Toronto Blue Jays manager John Gibbons pulls starting pitcher Mark Buehrle during sixth inning AL action against the Boston Red Sox in Toronto on Friday. pitches that included 64 strikes. Buehrle walked three, had no strikeouts and saw his ERA increase to 2.16.

“He’s been so good. That’s baseball, you’re not going to be perfect every time out there,” Gibbons said. “He’ll bounce back. He was just off tonight, it’s that simple.”

Buehrle pointed to his walks and some bloop hits that found holes and

eluded defenders.

“You’ve got to have the luck on your side. I wasn’t hitting my spots as good as I was in the past. And when I did they got some base hits. But overall, too many strikes in the middle of the zone and they took advantage of it.”

Boston outhit Toronto 16-6 with all nine Red Sox starters registering hits on the night.

The roof was closed on a wet, windy evening in Toronto. But down the street, Raptors fans braved the elements at Maple Leaf Square to watch Game 3 of Toronto’s NBA playoff series against the Nets in Brooklyn on the big screen outside the Air Canada Centre.

That ending was closer but no more satisfying to locals.

Northeast hands Central 5-1 loss at Alberta Cup Grenadiers topple Northeast 5 Central 1 STRATHMORE — The Central squad fell 5-1 to the Northeast team Friday to finish ATB Alberta Cup pool play with a 1-2-0 record.

Red Deer’s Seth Stratton notched the lone goal for Central, while netminder Dawson Weatherill of Red Deer made 38 saves. Northeast led 2-1 after one period and 4-1 after 40 minutes and held a 33-16 advantage in shots.

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Central opened the tournament Thursday with a 4-3 win over Edmonton North, then lost 4-1 to Calgary South in a late contest.

Defenceman Dominic Schiemann of James River Bridge scored at 14:04 of the third period to lift Central past Edmonton North. Brent Trentham of Three Hills, Tyrees Goodrunning of Rocky Mountain House and Brenden Davidson of Clive also tallied for the winners, who got a 28-save outing from Weatherill while holding a 38-31 edge in shots.

Central led 2-1 after the first period and held a 3-2 lead heading into the final frame.

Seth Stratton of Red Deer scored in the loss to Calgary South. Justin Travis of Red Deer made 20 saves in a losing cause.

Central outshot Calgary South 24-20 but trailed 2-0 after one period and 4-1 after 40 minutes.

The semifinal games are at 8 and 10:30 a.m. and 1 and 3:30 p.m. today, and will be followed by the D to A championships Sunday at 8 and 10:45 a.m. and 1:30 and 4:15 p.m.

record for wins, tied for the most among East teams.

sion from the illegal hit that knocked the St. Louis captain woozy in Game 2. But the Blues didn’t make the most of that emotional lift early, getting their first scoring chance at about the 12-minute mark, totalling one shot on two early power plays and trailing 1-0 after the first.

The Blackhawks started the scoring for the third straight game, capitalizing when Polak got caught pinching at the blue line. Bryan Bickell led a 2-on-1 break and Hossa tapped his own rebound into a wide open net at 16:11 of the first period.

RAPTORS: Strong on BLACKHAWKS: Opened scoring the road Joe Johnson topped the Nets with 29 points, while Williams had 22 and Paul Pierce finished with 18.

Game 4 of the best-of-seven series is Sunday in Brooklyn, then the series heads back to Toronto for Game 5 on Wednesday.

The Raptors shot 46 per cent on the night while the Nets made good on 49 per cent of their shots. Toronto outrebounded Brooklyn 35-29. Turnovers again proved costly — the Raptors gave away 16 points on 19 turnovers.

“I thought 19 turnovers, a lot of those was getting backed off our mark,” said Casey, his voice hoarse from hollering all night. “We just have to be stronger with the ball or, accordingly, turn around and play they way they’re playing, bumping and hitting in those situations.

“I love the fight from my team,” the coach added. “This team tried to throw haymakers at us and go at us and we did a good job of battling back and staying in the game and competing.”

Lowry went to the dressing room briefly after banging knees, but insisted he would be fine.

Asked if he could play Sunday, he laughed and said “Is that a trick question?”

When asked how much ice he’d be leaving the arena with, Lowry replied: “A lot. A whole lot right now. It’s part of the playoffs, man. I’m happy, I’m excited to be icing up around this time.”

The Raptors hadn’t been concerned about playing on the road, going 22-19 in the regular season for a franchise

“I think both teams have a lot of fire and grit and a lot of determination, and it’s a fine line between winning and losing.

“Like I’ve said a few times, we’re going to need our best game of the year our next game.”

T.J. Oshie and Alex Pietrangelo scored for the Blues.

“What’s pouting going to do?” St. Louis forward Alexander Steen said.

“You just get back on the horse. It’s a game. You have to win four. They have three, we have two. Off to Chicago we go. See you there.”

All three of the Blues’ home games went to overtime and St. Louis won the first two.

Before Toews scored, the top offensive threats in the series had been neutralized in Game 5. Patrick Kane and Toews combined for one assist in regulation and the Blues’ Vladimir Tarasenko, who entered with an NHLleading four goals in the playoffs, was held to two shots.

The first four goals came from players scoring for the first time in the series.

Pietrangelo entered averaging more than 31 minutes in the series, most on either team, but has been a reluctant shooter with five shots in the first four games. His second career playoff goal came on a 2-on-1 break with Jaden Schwartz with the teams at 4-on-4 to tie it at 2 early in the third.

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Alexandre Desgagnes, Brandon McCulloch and Mikael Sabourin all scored in the third for the Grenadiers (1-1-2), who trailed 2-1 after 40 minutes of play. Etienne Montpetit stopped 28 shots for the win.

Braydon Delorme and Regan Nagy supplied the scoring for the Generals (0-2-2).

Moose Jaw’s Grant Naherniak kicked out 24-of-29 shots for Moose Jaw. In other preliminary play, Lane Michasiw stopped 17 shots for the shutout as the Prince Albert Mintos beat the Halifax McDonald’s 3-0.

Kody White, Teal Sobkowicz and Jared Blaquiere had the goals for the Mintos (3-0-2).

Justin Ritcey made 26 saves for Halifax (1-3-1).

Earlier in the day, Jake Kryski, Tanner Campbell, Tyson Jost and Carter Hikichi all scored two goals as the Okanagan Rockets defeated the Toronto Young Nationals 11-2 Linden Hora, Branden Wagner and Liam Finley had the other goals for the Rockets (1-1-3).

Maxwell Routledge had both goals for the Young Nationals (3-2-0).

Brendan Barry made 28 saves for Okanagan. Oliver Jacobs allowed five goals on 32 shots before giving way to Izzy Benigno, who stopped just 14-of-20 shots in 22 minutes of relief.

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Mason was sprawled in the crease stopping several shots and kept the Flyers in a game they desperately needed to win.

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Andrew Svboda hits out of the sand onto the 18th green during the second round of the Zurich Classic golf tournament at TPC Louisiana in Avondale, La., on Friday

Martin leads Svoboda after Day 2 at Zurich

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS AVONDALE, La. — When Ben Martin played junior golf, his father, Jim, would tell him that his demeanour should be the same every time he walked off a green, whether he made birdie or double bogey.

That might explain why Martin seemed so calm when his game briefly unraveled Friday in the middle of the second round of the Zurich Classic, and why he righted himself quickly enough to post the best two-round score ever at TPC Louisiana.

Martin, who shot a course-record 62 on Thursday, shook off his first bogey and double bogey of the tournament to finish with a 67 on Friday, putting him at 15 under — three shots ahead of closest pursuer Andrew Svoboda.

If the 26-year-old Martin can continue to show that type of composure, he might capture his first PGA Tour victory.

“That’s my personality in general.

Sometimes my wife gets mad at me because I don’t get excited about anything,” Martin said.

“And then I don’t get down too much, either.

“That’s golf. You can’t expect to shoot 62 every day.”

Svoboda followed his opening 64 with a 68.

Robert Streb (66) and Sueng-Yul Noh (68) were tied for third at 11 under. Erik Compton also shot a 68 and was at 10 under, a score that keeps the two-time heart transplant recipient in contention for his maiden PGA Tour triumph. Tied with Compton for fifth was Peter Hanson, who shot 69, four shots off the pace of his strong opening round.

Keegan Bradley (66), Jeff Overton (68) and Charley Hoffman (67) were 9 under.

Graham DeLaet of Weyburn, Sask., is tied for 12th and eight shots back after shooting a 68. David Hearn of Brantford, Ont., meanwhile is in a tie for 67th after shooting 71.

The tournament record score at TPC Louisiana— which is hosting New Orleans’ PGA Tour event for the ninth time — is 20 under, set last year by Billy Horschel.

For a while, it looked as if Martin might match that in the second round.

Starting the day on the 10th hole, Martin hit an 8-iron 160 yards to a foot to set up his first birdie.

On the par-5 11th, he used a 54-degree sand wedge to chip in from nearly 58 feet, one day after he chipped in with the same club from 55 feet on 17.

He then sank a 7-foot putt for birdie on 13.

Martin said his hot start was cooled off, almost poetically, by the sound of ice being poured into a cooler in one of the VIP suites overlooking the par-3 17th hole.

It forced him to back away from a putt attempt, and he wound up threeputting.

Then he proceeded to hit his drive into water to the right of the 18th fairway, and three-putted for a double bogey.

Yet, as he walked off the green, he smiled slightly and proceeded calmly and purposefully to the first tee, where he made the first of four birdies on his second nine.

That’s the kind of composure Martin’s wife, Kelly, has come to know well.

“When he comes off the course, you wouldn’t know if he shot 10 under or 10 over,” she said.

Svoboda, who will tee off with the final group for the first time in a PGA Tour event, continued to be pleased with his putting, which he credited in part to a new putter with a shaft bent to 71 degrees and grooves on the face.

“I’m hitting the ball great and I’m putting really well,” said Svoboda, whose highlights included a 40-yard

bunker shot to set up a 12-foot birdie putt on the par-5 second hole.

He didn’t have a single bogey in the tournament until his final hole of the day, when he three-putted the par-3 ninth.

“I hit a bad second putt there,” he said of his miss from 6 feet. “But I dug pretty hard today. I played really well, so I’m pretty happy.”

DIVOTS: The cut line was 2 under, and 84 players made it to the weekend, with a couple players — such as Max Homa and Kevin Tway, making birdie putts on their final shots to sneak in.

Those putts should be worth no less than $11,600, tournament officials said, and possibly much more. ... Ernie Els, the 2012 British Open winner, missed the cut by a stroke. Horschel missed by two strokes, marking the fourth time he has missed the cut in his last eight starts. ... David Duval was tied for 12th at 7 under. ... The 36-hole tournament record belongs to Scott Verplank, a 16-under 128 at English Turn in 2003.

The now-previous 36-hole tournament record of 12-under 132 at TPC Louisiana belonged to three players: Lucas Glover (2013) Jason Dufner (2012) and Jason Bohn (2010). ... The weather for the second round was mostly cloudy, 82 degrees, with wind of 6 to 12 mph.

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Jones took a beating, the worst one of his record reign, in a bout against Alexander Gustafsson that knocked the light heavyweight champion on the canvas for the first time in his career and put his belt in jeopardy.

Looking as human and humbled as ever, Jones wouldn’t let his hardearned championship slip away easily and gutted out another title defence — a UFC record sixth straight — that set up him up to find another challenger of the month.

Enter Glover Teixeira. Teixeira boasts a whopping 20-bout winning streak that dates nine years and is coming off a first-round TKO of Ryan Bader.

Jones (19-1) and Teixeira (22-2) fight in the main event of UFC 172 Saturday night when the promotion makes its debut in Baltimore.

Phil Davis fights Anthony Johnson in the other headline bout.

Jones, one of UFC’s biggest active pay-per-view draws, won a unanimous decision against Gustafsson at UFC 165 in September. Gustafsson cut the champion at the right eye midway through the first round. And with a minute left, he took Jones down for the first time in the champion’s UFC career.

Jones said he knew he was as close as ever to dropping the belt.

“I realized I needed to switch up my strategy and begin improvising a little bit more, and that’s what I did,” he said.

“I think with Gus I was trying to fight like a technical kick boxing match and I think I was losing at that. I just had to switch my style up and start flowing a little better and start winging things, making up, creating, and finding new openings.”

He found enough of them to escape

knock this guy out,” he said. “I’ve been training my whole life for this.”

Jones, a former college wrestler and the brother of two NFL players, nearly suffered a broken arm in his win over Belfort and broke a toe against Sonnen.

Winning while hurt, then turning around the Gustafsson bout in the final two rounds, proved to Jones he can win under any circumstances.

“After that Gustafsson fight, I’m even more confident in my will,” he said.

“I know I have a lot of will. I know that I’m armed with that going into this battle on Saturday night.”

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Avalanche try to get offence back on track

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS ENGLEWOOD, Colo. — Patrick Roy has shown all sorts of patience with his youthful squad this season.

That certainly won’t waver now just because the Colorado Avalanche are in an offensive slump.

“This is a learning process,” the coach said Friday.

“I’m not going to throw them under the bus because I’m their partner.

Been with them all year long and I trust our team.”

The Minnesota Wild have outshot the Avalanche 78-34 in the last two games to tie the first-round series at two-apiece heading into Game 5 at Pepsi Center on Saturday night.

Roy does take some comfort in the fact that home teams in the Western Conference playoffs are a combined 15-1 so far.

“But there are things we could do better,” he said.

Chief among them, more production, especially on a power play that’s scored just once in 15 chances.

The Wild have actually found a way to slow down the high-flying Avalanche by clogging up the neutral zone and

making it hard to get quality shots in the offensive end.

For that, Roy finds himself guilty.

All season long, he’s preached shooting the puck with a purpose.

In playoff hockey, though, sometimes shooting with a rebound or a lucky bounce in mind works just as well.

“So we just need to change a little bit, fine-tune a few things here and there,” Roy said.

The only thing keeping the Avalanche in these last two road games has been the play of Semyon Varlamov, who seems to be getting better with every shot he faces.

“That’s your job — stop the puck,” said Varlamov, one of the three finalists for the Vezina Trophy. “Doesn’t matter how many shots — 15 or 45. We knew it was not going to be an easy series for us.”

Wild coach Mike Yeo’s biggest piece of advice for his team is rather simple: No assumptions.

Sure, they started out well in Game 3 and again on Thursday. But this will be an entirely different scenario, especially returning to a raucous crowd.

“Don’t go in there with the expectation that we’re just going to be able to

pick up where we left off,” Yeo said.

“Make it happen with the little things, with the way that we play, with the way that we execute. Let’s go in there and obviously we have to expect a hard push from them.

“I look every day and the NHL’s announcing award winners and every day there’s a Colorado Avalanche player that’s part of those nominees. It helps to remind us that we’re playing a very skilled group and with that, I think that should help sharpen our focus.”

Forward Matt Duchene glided around the ice Friday morning, lining shot after well-placed shot into the net.

The Avs certainly could use the offensive flair of their leading scorer.

Only, Duchene’s not quite ready to return from a knee injury. Not for Game 5 anyway.

“Is he going to play in this series?

We’re not sure yet,” Roy said.

“We’ll see.”

Mikael Granlund is having quite a series for the Wild, sacrificing his body, too.

The Game 3 star with his nifty OT goal made quite an impact in the waning seconds Thursday as well, blocking several shots even after losing his stick.

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Colorado Avalanche center Ryan O’Reilly (90), defenseman Nick Holden and center Nathan MacKinnon (29) celebrate O’Reilly’s goal during Game 4 Thursday in Minnesota.

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DALY CITY, Calif. — Stacy Lewis noted that she was 29 and playing partner Lydia Ko was 17 when talking about their contrasting approaches to a storm delay Friday in the Swinging Skirts LPGA Classic.

“I think you try to stay patient during the delay more than anything, and try to stay loose,” Lewis said. “I didn’t sit down too much. Tried to stay up.”

Ko did the opposite.

“I sat down, had some chicken soup, played some cards,” Ko said. “I was totally relaxed.”

But she was careful to avoid hot chocolate.

“I had a cup of hot chocolate before during a delay and next hole I hit it out of bounds,” Ko said.

“My mom brought me a cup and I was like, ’Oh, that better not be hot chocolate.”’

Lewis overcame rain and hail to take the second-round lead, shooting her second straight 3-under 69 at Lake Merced.

Winless since the Women’s British Open in August, the third-ranked Lewis had a one-stroke lead over Ko and first-round leader Karine Icher.

“We all went into the day knowing it would play hard,” said Lewis, who has five runner-up finishes since her victory at St. Andrews. ”It was a test of patience. I took it one shot at a time and wanted to get the ball into the hole as fast as I could.

Fortunately, I was able to do that.“ Ko had a 71, and Icher followed her opening 66 with a 73.

Lewis and Ko played alongside Michelle Wie, dealing with heavy rain and hail that suspended play for just over an hour.

Play resumed in steady drizzle that

gave way to sunny afternoon conditions that helped several of the late starters.

Wie, the winner last week in Hawaii, was even par after her second 72.

The weather wavered between a slight mist and light shower before pounding the course just after noon, forcing the suspension at 12:36 p.m.

“I honestly thought we’d get it done,” Lewis said.

“Then we got to seven and it just poured. We had to call off Lydia from her putt when it started to hail.”

Ko, who turned 17 on Thursday and was named among TIME magazine’s 100 most influential people, thought she could get her putt in before being called off.

“I was crazy and out of my mind thinking about putting in the hail,” Ko said. “It started getting dark and I’m glad I was called off.”

Ko returned to the course and made the putt.

Icher was tied for the lead with Lewis at 5 under when the horn sounded.

“I ate a little and dried my clothes,” Icher said. “Rain delays are never fun but it happens. Being in the top five to start the tournament is pretty good, definitely my best start this year.”

Top-ranked Inbee Park, Mika Miyazato and Ilhee Lee were three strokes back at 3 under. Park had a 68 in the afternoon, Miyazato shot 69, and Lee had a 73.

“It was a very good putting day and I hit a lot of fairways,” Park said. “I got a little lucky with the weather. I only had to play in the rain for four holes.”

Miyazato finished before the delay.

“The golf course was more challenging,” Miyazato said. “I needed better course management.”

BOSTON — The Boston Bruins overcame a two-goal deficit to win Game 4 of their playoff series in Detroit. Now the Red Wings must overcome a twogame deficit to keep their season alive.

The Bruins won 3-2 in overtime Thursday night to take a 3-1 lead in the best-of-seven, first-round matchup.

The Red Wings get their chance to turn it around Saturday on the road.

But it’s not a great chance against the team that won the Presidents’ Trophy for the NHL’s best record this season, has won three straight games, and had just seven regulation losses at home in the regular season.

“Obviously we’re frustrated, but the series isn’t over,” Detroit’s Luke Glendening said.

“We still have an opportunity, but we’ve got a big hill to climb here.”

The Red Wings lost both games at home after splitting the first two in Boston. Now the Bruins will try to wrap up the series in a building filled with their friendly fans.

“We accomplished something on the road we really wanted to do,” said Bruins goalie Tuukka Rask, who was named one of the three Vezina Trophy finalists on Friday.

“We have a chance to close the series at home. It’s an opportunity we really have to use, and it won’t be easy, but seeing how our game has improved during this series, it’s a good sign.”

If the Bruins lose, they will return to Detroit for Game 6 on Monday night.

If they win, they will start preparing for the second-round series against the Montreal Canadiens, who swept the Tampa Bay Lightning in four games.

“We can end it (Saturday), but the urgency still has to be there, and the focus still has to be there,” Boston coach Claude Julien said.

The Bruins are getting contributions throughout their lineup despite injuries that have sidelined forwards Chris Kelly and Daniel Paille for the first four games.

They have outscored the Red Wings 10-4 with nine players scoring goals and 14 recording at least one point.

“They’re a really, really good team,”

Vezina finalists named

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS

NHL AWARDS

NEW YORK — Semyon Varlamov of the Colorado Avalanche, who posted a league-best 41 wins this season, was named a finalist for the Vezina Trophy as the NHL’s top goaltender.

Also nominated for the award were Ben Bishop of the Tampa Bay Lightning and Tuukka Rask of the Boston Bruins. The winner will be honoured June 24 at the league’s awards banquet.

Varlamov broke Colorado head coach Patrick Roy’s club record for most wins in a season. He ranked first in the NHL in shots faced (2,013) and saves (1,867) but thrived under the heavy workload, posting a 7-1-1 record

when facing 40 or more shots and going 32-4-4 when facing 30-plus shots.

Bishop won a club-record 37 games for Tampa Bay and also set a franchise mark with a .924 save percentage.

He finished tied for fourth overall in shutouts (five) and seventh with a 2.23 goals-against average in being named a Vezina Trophy finalist for the first time.

Rask recorded a 36-15-6 record in helping Boston capture its first Presidents’ Trophy since 1990. He finished first overall in shutouts (seven), second in save percentage (.930) and fourth in goals-against average (2.04).

Detroit’s Niklas Kronwall said, “but, at the same time, we didn’t really take care of business. We’ve got to keep it a little bit more simple in some areas.”

The Red Wings expect Jimmy Howard back in goal after he was a late scratch due to the flu in Game 4.

Jonas Gustavsson made his playoff debut and played well. Pavel Datsyuk and Kronwall gave Detroit a 2-0 lead in the second period before Boston tied it on goals by Torey Krug midway through the second and Milan Lucic early in the third.

Jarome Iginla was credited with the winning goal on a shot by Dougie Hamilton that he redirected in off of Detroit’s Danny DeKeyser.

The Red Wings “were very hungry.

They were very good in the first period,” Iginla said.

“The guys in here have been through it before. There’s great leadership in here.”

Howard shut out the Bruins 1-0 in Game 1 but wasn’t as sharp in the next two games.

Henrik Zetterberg, returning from back surgery, and Todd Bertuzzi also played for the first time in the series in Game 4.

“I think it was a step forward on the last two games,” Zetterberg said. “We got the lead early and got the second (goal).”

Last year the Bruins also came home with a 3-1, first-round lead.

But Toronto won the next two games and led 4-1 midway through the third period of Game 7 before Boston won in overtime.

“Sometimes it’s more of a mental challenge than a physical challenge,” Rask said.

“You kind of start thinking about the end score of the game before the game even starts, and you kind of feel and hope that you get to do that.

“But I think we’ve learned over the years that it doesn’t help us. We just have to focus on our job and the game itself.”

The Red Wings can’t look ahead, either.

“We have nothing to lose,” Kronwall said.

“We’re going into Boston to win one game. That’s got to be our mindset.”

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Literacy Alive A vocational training team of 17 volunteers from Red Deer recently travelled to Belize to work with teachers, school principals, Ministry of Education officials and volunteers from the Cayo district.

Eighty educators from Belmopan and San Ignacio participated in professional learning activities for one day, and for the balance of the week the Canadian team worked with students, parents, community volunteers and educators in St. Martin Government School (Belmopan) and Sacred Heart Primary School (San Ignacio). Twenty-five high school teachers in Belize City also joined in the literacy training.

The Literacy Alive project is improving reading levels in targeted primary schools. A unique dimension of the project is the recruitment and training of community volunteers to assist teachers in the classroom during an assigned reading block of study for one hour four times a week. The first five months of the project has demonstrated notable improvements in literacy awareness by Belize teachers and the community.

To further draw parent and community attention to the critical importance of students becoming strong readers, the Canadian team led the Belize educators in a celebration reading flash mob at both schools.

Educational research supports that if students are motivated and inspired to read, with continued guided practice all students can learn to read at grade level.

The Canadian and Belize members of the Literacy Alive project believe that incorporating trendy rock music to relevant lyrics about reading importance could motivate student to become more inspired to conquer basic English reading skills with ongoing success.

The Literacy Alive Project is in the third year of operation working with the Cayo District schools.

The Canadian team was led by Lynne Paradis and included teachers from both Red Deer Catholic School Division and the Red Deer Public School District. The project is supported by the Rotary Foundation, Rotary Clubs of Red Deer, Sylvan Lake and San Ignacio, Belize, as well as donations from many Red Deer schools.

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Clockwise from top: ● A student at a reading centre. ● Cathy Sather, a Rotary Vocational Training Team instructor. ● Students preparing for the flashmob. ● Amanda Jackson working with Belizian teachers. ● Students working at a reading centre ● A student group at St. Martin’s School.

Saturday, April 26, 2014

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FRONT CHORAL SINGERS ON STAGE AT LIVING STONES The Choral Singers Unite Society is singing its way into spring with its upcoming concert, on May 9 at Living Stones Church. Starting at 7 p.m. at the church located at 2020 40th Ave. in Red Deer, the concert with feature Soliloquy, ihana Youth Choir and the Brioso Children’s Choir. The program will celebrate the 10th anniversary of Soliloquy and includes a piece commissioned specifically for the choir.

Tickets cost $15 and can be purchased by contacting Lisa Ward at 403-309-3032 or at the door. For more information, visit www. csusreddeer.com.

COMPADRES OFFER LATIN, FOLK TUNES Enjoy the soulful strumming of the Latin guitar and acoustic folk tunes as The Compadres hit the stage at St. Andrew’s United Church in Lacombe on May 10.

The band, made up of Oscar Lopez and James Keelaghan, presents a mix of music from instrumentals to heavenly harmonies to the energetic dance music. Keelaghan and Lopez have been performing off and on together since 1993. Their first CD together in 1997 was a Juno-nominated critics’ favourite. The show starts at 7:30 p.m. and tickets are $40 per person in advance or $45 at the door. Proceeds will go towards humanitarian projects in Guatemala. For more information, contact 403-782-3148 or 403-7860194.

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SATURDAY, APRIL 26, 2014

Putting the pieces in place WINTER GAMES BID COMMITTEE WILL KNOW IN FIVE MONTHS IF HARD WORK PAID OFF

BY CRYSTAL RHYNO ADVOCATE STAFF Red Deer has set the stage to host the 2019 Canada Winter Games.

For two weeks in February 2019, world class athletes could compete in 19 sports at 17 venues in Red Deer, Blackfalds, Calgary and Kananaskis.

Red Deer College could welcome 3,600 athletes and coaches at a bustling athletes village, home to sleeping quarters, the food centre, mission services and medical centre.

In five months, in September, the Canada Games Council will name either Red Deer or Lethbridge as the host of the 2019 games.

Only then will the bid committee know if the hard work has paid off.

Lyn Radford, bid committee chairperson, said there’s still work ahead to put the best Red Deer forward. In August, the city will be paid a visit from the Canada Games bid evaluation committee.

Radford said she is pleased with the support from the community so far and hopes for more in the months to come.

Open houses were held on Tuesday and Wednesday where nearly 200 residents stopped by to learn about the city’s bid.

Radford said that a couple of people who stopped in thought there should be higher priorities in the city. “By the time they left, they all believed this is good for our community.”

Part of the city’s proposal includes enhancing existing facilities, and building a short-track speed skating oval at the proposed RDC multi-plex and a long-track speed skating track at Great Chief Athletic Park.

RDC and other community partners will play significant roles in the games.

At its May 7 meeting, the college’s board of governors will be asked to formalize its support for the games with a number of resolutions.

Mike Klass, accommodation and athlete services organizer, said the plan is to have an accessible village where everyone, including coaches and technical officials, stay together on campus.

Three of the sports — wheelchair basketball, alpine skiing and cross-country skiing — will have para athletes competing.

Bunk beds will be put into college residences in order to accommodate the large contingent.

The committee is also exploring the idea of putting temporary trailers on site.

But Klass said that would be a very expensive venture and they want to ensure everyone has the same standard of living so no province or territory has an advantage.

Klass, who is the executive director of the Alberta Sport Development Centre, said food is always a critical and paramount piece at any games.

“If you have crappy food, that’s what you tend to remember,” said Klass. “But if we focus on making sure all those things are done really well, the (athletes) should leave Red Deer with a lot of other memorable experiences about our community.”

Klass said a variety of nutritious food geared to fit everyone’s dietary needs will be served.

Both Radford and Klass said the games will leave legacies in the community that will inspire generations to come.

“That includes Red Deer College but more importantly Red Deer and Central Alberta,” said Klass. “You build volunteer capacity and future leaders. You inspire

Photo by JEFF STOKOE/Advocate staff

Red Deer Canada Winter Games bid chair of athlete services Mike Klass outside the residences at Red Deer College where it is proposed athletes will be housed in 2019. young athletes to watch the games and maybe try a new different sport.”

Klass said there will be economic benefits before and during the games. The area could reap about $132 million during the games.

The city would also test events a year before the games in Red Deer.

“The exciting piece for me is Red Deer will have the opportunity to enhance or build new facilities,” said Klass. “Facilities help grow athletes. Whether that looks like a bigger and better groomed cross-country ski trail or new enhanced biathlon range, the games will become a catalyst for Red Deer to grow into a future vision of a sport destination. We are located centrally so we should be taking advantage of that.”

The opening and closing ceremonies would be held at Westerner Park. crhyno@reddeeradvocate.com

CRACK OF THE BAT Photo by JEFF STOKOE /Advocate staff

Bantam AAA Servus Credit Union Braves assistant coach Shayne Olson makes contact, sending a ball towards his players as they practise on the field outside Lindsay Thurber Comprehensive High School this week. The season for Red Deer Minor Baseball is set to get underway on May 1.

DRESS FOR SUCCESS SALE ON MAY 3 Dress for Success Central Alberta is having its annual spring inventory reduction sale on Saturday, May 3. The sale runs from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. in the lower level of the Kaylor Building (4917 48th St.) in Red Deer. Proceeds go to Dress for Success, which supports economically disadvantaged women in the region. For more information, call 403597-8769 or www. dressforsuccess.org/ centralalberta.

Wickenheiser to speak at Citizen of Year gala

BY JOSH ALDRICH ADVOCATE STAFF One of the biggest names in Canadian hockey will speak when Red Deer Rotary clubs honour the Citizen of the Year next month.

Hayley Wickenheiser, five-time Olympic medalist and seven-time world champion, will be keynote speaker for the May 9 Rotary clubs Spring Gala at the Sheraton Hotel in Red Deer.

For the organizing committee, lining up the hockey superstar was a major coup.

“We’ve had some really good speakers in the past, but no one with this kind of profile,” said past chairman Graham Schofield, who has helped organize eight galas.

Wickenheiser has long been considered the best female hockey player in the world,

though she is coming to the end of her playing career.

This will be the 38th year for the Citizen of the Year award. Past recipients include John Johnston (2013), Lyn Radford (2009); Jerry Tennant (1985); Morris Flewwelling (1982); Molly Banister (1978), and Mel Cunningham (1969), among many others.

“It’s kind of the who’s who of who helped build this city,” said Schofield.

“It’s a way for us to celebrate the citizens who have given year after year of their time and their talents and recognize what they bring to our city and bringing it to life.”

In addition to the Citizen of the Year award, there will be a Young Citizen of the Year Award, recognizing someone younger who has greatly contributed to the city.

Tickets for the event are still available at $125 per person or $1,000 for a table of eight.

They are on pace to sell 500 tickets, surpassing last year’s event.

All of the proceeds from the gala go right back into the community to initiatives that are supported by the Rotary Club, like the facilities project for the Boys and Girls Clubs of Red Deer Camp Alexo and smaller local projects.

“All of that money stays here, none of it goes towards administration,” said Schofield.

The gala includes cocktails with a silent auction from 5:30 to 7 p.m., dinner and award presentations from 7 to 8:30 p.m.

Wickenheiser is slated to speak at 8:30 p.m.

Tickets can be purchased through http://www.eventbrite.ca/ myevent?eid=10756383633 or by contacting Raymond Rogers at 403-596-8680. jaldrich@reddeeradvocate.com

Walks to highlight city’s history GIVE US A CALL The Advocate invites its readers to help cover news in Central Alberta. We would like to hear from you if you see something worthy of coverage. And we would appreciate hearing from you if you see something inaccurate in our pages. We strive for complete, accurate coverage of Central Alberta and are happy to correct any errors we may commit. Call 403-3144333.

Listen closely to Red Deer’s most memorable past voices during the Bronze Ghost Collection Walking Tour on Sunday, May 4.

The casual stroll will amble through downtown Red Deer and hear the stories behind the many bronze sculptures, also know as Ghosts, scattered throughout. The statues all represent people, animals and events that helped the city become what it is today. These include Rev. Leonard Gaetz, Hazel Braithwaite, Francis Galbraith and Julietta Sorensen.

The collection was started by the Downtown Business Association and is now managed by the City of Red Deer. It makes up one of Canada’s largest bronze art collections.

Other downtown artwork and heritage sites will also be pointed out and discussed along the way.

The walk leader is Pat Matheson.

Those interested in participating can meet at 3 p.m. at the Recreation Centre parking lot at 4501 47A Ave. No registration is required.

The tour is a part of Jane’s Walk, which is

a project for free, locally organized walking tours. It is named after Jane Jacobs, an American-Canadian urbanist and activist who wrote the influential book The Death and Life of Great American Cities in 1961.

Other Jane’s Walks in Red Deer include one at 50 Springfield Ave. at 8 a.m. on May 2, called Jane’s Walking School Bus. On May 3 there is a walk focused on railways with walkers meeting at the Arches at 52nd Avenue near 45th Street at 11 a.m. Also on May 3, there will be a Jane’s Walk from Riverside Meadows to Riverlands with participants meeting at 58A Avenue and Kerry Wood Drive at 1:30 p.m. A walk titled Where will the Boomers go? starts at the East Hill Save-on Foods at 2:30 p.m. on May 3 and a walk tracing Red Deer’s early urban plan meets at 1:30 p.m. at the museum on May 4.

Jane’s Walk is organized by people around the world but it is co-ordinated by a charitable project in Toronto. For more information, visit www.janeswalk.org/canada/reddeer/bronzeghost-collection-walking-tour.

Carolyn Martindale, City Editor, 403-314-4326 Fax 403-341-6560 E-mail editorial@reddeeradvocate.com

Telus working to restore service Telus is continuing to replace underground cable that will restore 911, Internet and landline service for customers in north Red Deer.

A date has not been determined for when the repairs will be completed because of the complexity of the problem.

About 1,200 customers were left without service on Wednesday after a cable was damaged in a manhole, likely due to thawing ice.

Rising water in the manhole seeped into the damaged cable, which has caused intermittent or no dial tone.

More than 400 customers are back in service, and more customers are coming back online. Telus technicians have been working to replace 220 metres of underground cable in order to restore service.

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SATURDAY, APRIL 26, 2014

Martyrs, miracles and the stuff of making saints

BY NICOLE WINFIELD THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The Catholic Church makes saints to give the faithful role models. The process is cloaked in secrecy and open to criticism, given that it deals with science-defying miracles and notoriously politicized choices. In Sunday’s dual papal canonization of John Paul II and John XXIII, it also involves rule-breaking, fast-track procedures.

But saints aren’t going away anytime soon.

“Saintliness is part of the church’s DNA,” the Vatican’s current chief saint-maker, Cardinal Angelo Amato, wrote in his 2012 tome on canonization.

“Through the centuries, saints have been the spiritual doorway through which humanity is directed toward God.” The basics The Vatican’s detailed process for making a saint usually starts in the diocese where the candidate lived or died. A postulator — essentially the cheerleader spearheading the project — gathers testimony and documentation to build the case and presents the report to the Vatican’s Congregation for the Causes of Saints.

If the congregation’s experts agree the candidate lived a virtuous life, the case is forwarded to the pope who signs a decree attesting to the candidate’s “heroic virtues.”

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Over time, the postulator may come across information that someone was miraculously healed by praying to the candidate.

If, upon further investigation, the cure cannot be medically explained, the case is presented to the congregation as the possible miracle needed for beatification.

Panels of doctors, theologians, bishops and cardinals must certify that the cure was instantaneous, complete and lasting — and was due to the intercession of the sainthood candidate. If convinced, the congregation sends the case to the pope who signs a decree saying the candidate can be beatified. A second miracle is needed for canonization.

Beatification allows for veneration of the candidate locally, say in a particular diocese or country. Canonization allows for veneration throughout the universal church.

Martyrs, or people who were killed for their faith, get a free pass and can be beatified without a miracle. A miracle is needed, however, for martyrs to be canonized.

John XXIII and John Paul II John Paul’s record sprint to sainthood started during his 2005 funeral Mass, when chants of “Santo Subito” or “Sainthood Now” erupted from the crowd. Bowing to the calls, Pope Benedict XVI waived the typical five-year

waiting period before a saintly investigation can begin and allowed the process to start just weeks after his death.

The rest of the process followed the rules: John Paul was beatified in 2011 after the Vatican certified that a French nun suffering from Parkinson’s disease was miraculously healed after she prayed to him. A Costa Rican woman whose inoperable brain aneurism purportedly disappeared after she prayed to John Paul was the second miracle needed for canonization.

John XXIII was beatified in 2000 after the Vatican certified that the healing of an Italian nun suffering from a gastric hemorrhage was miraculous.

Pope Francis, very much a spiritual son of John, waived the Vatican rule requiring a second miracle so that John could be canonized alongside John Paul.

While popes past have tended to follow the saint-making process precisely except for occasional exceptions, Francis has waived the rules now on several occasions. On Thursday, for example, he presided over a Mass of thanksgiving for a Brazilian saint he declared without the necessary miracle.

Saints galore John Paul declared more saints — 482 — than all of his predecessors combined.

Some of his big-name saints: Edith Stein, a Jewish-born

Carmelite nun who was killed at Auschwitz and Maximilian Kolbe, a Polish Franciscan friar who sacrificed his life at the death camp so that a man with a family could live.

He also beatified a recordnumber: 1,338. Among them was none other than John XXIII in 2000 and Mother Teresa in 2003.

Benedict continued the process albeit at a slower clip — 44 saints under his watch — and only presided over canonizations, not beatifications. He made one exception for Cardinal John Henry Newman.

Benedict beatified the 19th century Anglican convert to Catholicism during a 2010 trip to Britain.

Francis technically overtook John Paul’s record within two months as pope: In May 2013, he canonized more than 800 15th century martyrs, the so-called “Martyrs of Otranto,” who were beheaded for refusing to convert to Islam.

Too many saints?

The almost assembly-line approval of saints that started during John Paul’s papacy raised questions that have been reignited with his own record-fast canonization.

Proponents of the current process insist that the checks and balances are in place with the “relator” or judge who reviews the case.

While few question that John Paul was saintly in many ways, his record-fast canoniza-

tion has ruffled feathers even inside the Vatican, particularly given the stain on his legacy of having reigned while the sexual abuse scandal festered.

Should popes be saints?

Popes push the sainthood cases they like, ignore the ones they don’t and delay those that are politically inopportune.

Look at Oscar Romero, the Salvadoran priest gunned down as he celebrated Mass, a martyr for sure — but his case languished under two papacies that were hostile to liberation theology.

Or World War II-era Pope Pius XII, whose case was launched in 1965 but delayed because of accusations by Jews that he didn’t speak out enough against the Holocaust.

Given the politicized nature of the process, some have argued that popes really shouldn’t even be made saints since they can only be models for other popes.

Monsignor Slawomir Oder, the postulator or chief cheerleader for John Paul’s case, said it would be “absurd” to exempt popes from possible sainthood since their main job is to spread the faith and encourage Catholics to be saintly themselves.

“John Paul is surely a reference point for his successors, but not just that,” Oder told reporters this week.

“You can find the growth of his holiness in all the steps of his life.”

Schedule of Services FIRST BAPTIST JOIN US THIS SUNDAY! Everyone Welcome Life Can Begin Again: Worship without Hypocrisy 9:00am, 11:00am & 6:30pm • CrossRoads Kids (to gr. 6) SW Corner of 32 Street & Hwy 2, Red Deer County

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Worship Service “Reach Beyond” WITH HARPIST EDUARD KLASSEN

11:00 a.m.

Celebration Service Rev. Judy Andersen www.cslreddeer.org

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Sunday Services Services 9:00 a.m., 11:00 a.m.

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Wednesday Ministries 7:00p.m.

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2020 40th Ave, Red Deer www.livingstones.ab.ca 403.347.7311

Balmoral Bible Chapel 403-347-5450

Joffre Road (East of 30 Ave. on 55 St.) 9:00 am Breaking of Bread Service 10:30 am Worship Service Speaker: Terry Wiebe “God the defender of the defenseless” Psalm 4 Children’s Church Ages 2 1/2-Grade 5 www.balmoralchapel.ca

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UNITED CHURCH OF CANADA GAETZ MEMORIAL

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10:30 a.m.

“The Lorax”

SUNNYBROOK UNITED CHURCH 12 Stanton Street

403-347-6073

10:30 a.m. Worship Service “Necessary Doubts” Babyfold, Toddler Room, Sunday ClubClub www.sunnybrookunited.org www.sunnybrookunited.org Babyfold, Toddler Room Sunday

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ST. LEONARD’S ON THE HILL “A Church For All Ages” 43 Avenue & 44 Street 403-346-6769 www.stleonardsonthehill.org

Officiant: Rev. Gary Sinclair

8:00 a.m. Holy Communion 9:00 a.m. Celebration Service 10:30 a.m. Holy Eucharist with Sunday School/Nursery 7:00 p.m. “The Gathering” Contemporary Eucharist

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“Old Church Blessing a New World”

Gaetz & 54th 403-346-3402 www.oldchurchrd.com

Sunday, April 27

Celebrant: Noel Wygiera

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8:00 a.m. Holy Communion 10:00 a.m. Family Friendly Worship with Eucharist Sunday School & Refreshments Thursday 2:00 p.m. Eucharist

40 Holmes St. 403-340-1022 Rev. Marc Jerry

Sunday School/Youth 9:30 a.m.

Worship Sunday 10:30 a.m. with Holy Communion Wednesday Morning Prayer 9:30 a.m.

Everyone Welcome

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Minister: The Rev. Wayne Reid

DIVINE SERVICE 10:00 a.m.

10:30 am Worship Service

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Head of the Herd bring the blues VANCOUVER-BASED BAND SET TO ROCK INTERNATIONAL BEER HAUS ON MAY 3

BY LANA MICHELIN ADVOCATE STAFF Head of the Herd’s Neu Mannas and Clayton Frank might never have met and formed their popular blues-rock band if their former girlfriends hadn’t been roommates.

Both guys were attending the University of British Columbia — Mannas studying economics and Frank in commerce — when they began bonding over their shared love of sports and music.

“We started hanging out during a road trip to Boise, Idaho, where we were going to watch college football,” recalled Frank, who performs with Head of the Herd on Saturday, May 3, at the International Beer Haus and Stage in Red Deer.

The 28-hour round trip was made more bearable by listening to music they liked in the car. And Mannas and Frank were blown away by their common taste in blues-flavoured rock ’n’ roll.

They decided to start playing their guitars together as soon as they got back to Vancouver. And that’s basically how Head of the Herd, which generated No. 1 hit By This Time Tomorrow and the singles Ain’t My Day and We Could Be Together, came into being.

Their musical partnership has now survived longer than Mannas and Frank’s romantic entanglements (listen to the songs on the first album to discover what went down with the former girlfriends, said Frank). In 2011, the two musicians were urged by a friend to enter their five-piece band into a Fox Radio talent contest — and despite only playing to-

gether publicly four times previously, Head of the Herd ended up winning the Seeds prize. Former winners included Nickelback, Bif Naked and Matthew Good.

The mentoring opportunities this presented are still causing positive ripple effects. Frank said that’s how he and Mannas met the illustrious Gggarth Richardson, who helped produce Head of the Herd’s By This Time Tomorrow album, along with Rick Jackett and James Black from the band Finger Eleven.

The title track from that 2013 CD didn’t just gain legs on radio — it’s also been used as a soundtrack for NHL playoffs. Some of the group’s other songs leapt off the airwaves to be featured in videos for Rip Curl, GT Bikes and Red Bull (Knock Me Down), and a show on Billabong’s Sony TV channel (Erinyes).

Frank doesn’t think allowing commercial uses for his Vancouver band’s music should be considered “selling out” as much as opening up different listening opportunities for audiences.

“As long as we’re open and honest in our music, what does it matter?”

The 30-year-old Comox, B.C., native believes he and Mannas, a 26-year-old Calgarian, are about as real about conveying raw emotions as any songwriters can be.

“Some of our lyrics are about stomach-turning moments,” Frank said, pointing to the “Don’t you leave me” chorus in By This Time Tomorrow, which he feels will be recognized as gut-wrenching by anyone who’s ever tried to staunch a bleeding relationship.

That you already know, on a subconscious level, that an affair is over by the time you have to plead

with someone to stay “is what makes saying (those words) so hard,” he added.

Frank similarly used real-life disappointment to write Knock Me Down. He recalls being so sick of writing sad songs after a relationship breakup that he turned his hurt into something else.

“It became a positive song, saying if you knock me down, I’ll be all right. I’ll always fight.”

Another tune, the darkly lyrical Erinyes, is about an experience so personal to both songwriters that they don’t like talking about it.

Like The White Stripes, Queens of the Stone Age and The Sheepdogs, Head of the Herd is among a handful of groups that have found success playing in the classic blues-rock tradition of bands like The Rolling Stones.

While the genre’s popularity is eclipsed by pop at the moment, Frank believes it will always survive in some permutation since “everything goes in cycles.”

He’s thankful to radio stations, such as Red Deer’s The Drive, for keeping this music alive on the airwaves. Head of the Herd is so popular, locally, that the group’s last Red Deer appearance sold out, along with shows in Toronto, Vancouver, Oshawa and Kingston.

“People really seem to respond well to us there.

Playing in Red Deer was a highlight of our last tour and I hope people come out in strength again,” said Frank.

Tickets to the band’s 7:30 show with Diesel May are $17.50 from Ticketfly.com. For more information, call 403-986-5008. lmichelin@reddeeradvocate.com

Game of Thrones pits readers against viewers

BY BARRY SCHWARTZ SPECIAL TO THE ADVOCATE With the highly anticipated fourth season of HBO’s Game of Thrones upon us, the power dynamics have once again started to shift. Make no mistake, my ladies and lords, war is coming to Westeros.

A savage internecine struggle is being fought between two rival factions: dorks who watch Game of Thrones and dorks who read A Song of Ice and Fire, George R.R. Martin’s as-yet-unfinished fantasy saga upon which the HBO series is based. Whatever peaceful overlap may still exist between the two camps, well, that is almost assuredly going to end.

In this battle for dominion of the realm, no segment of the audience wields more power than those who have read the books. Because if you read the books, you know that. ...

[SPOILER ALERT!] Gotcha! See? We could spoil everything for you.

We simply choose not to. Every day you don’t know what happens to Arya is a day we’ve given you solely out of our benevolent mercy.

Can you comprehend the restraint this requires?

It’s so much harder to not spoil it for you than it is for you to avoid spoilers. The way you search our faces, secretly hoping we’ll betray our better nature and reveal what’s going to happen with a smirk.

“Are they all going to die?” you ask, and we think to ourselves, “Well, it is called The Red Wedding, so ....” but all we offer you is an expressionless shrug.

Because snitches get stitches — but spoilers?

There’s a special black cell beneath the Red Keep for them, and that’s the unspoken, unwritten agreement book readers and viewers have shared these past three seasons: You guys get to enjoy your little show and we get to take perverse pleasure in watching you cry. It’s adorable, really. You haven’t even met any of the main characters yet.

J. Daniel Ford, 33, is a political strategist living in Los Angeles. He’s been reading (and re-reading) A Song of Ice and Fire since 1996. He’s a true Maester.

You can check his credentials.

“I have first-edition hardcovers of every book,” Ford says. “I picked up the first book the day it came out in paperback. I happened to be working at a book store. I was stocking shelves when I decided to read it and fell in love. I was 15 years old.”

You must be a remarkably patient person.

“I wouldn’t say I’ve been patient. It’s been driving me insane! I’ve invested more than half my life to this story. My only real desire is for it to be finished before I’m 40.”

Ford says he’s a fan of Game of Thrones. He says the best part is watching the show with people who haven’t read the books.

“I hate spoilers for myself,” says Ford, “so when people egg me for information, I don’t give it to them.”

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Sophie Turner, left, and Peter Dinklage portray Sansa Stark and Tyrion Lannister in the Game of Thrones series: will television get to the end of the saga before author George R.R. Martin does?

How benevolently merciful of you.

“Some people I watched the Red Wedding with might disagree.”

Still, with only five of the saga’s planned seven books completed, it’s become increasingly apparent that HBO’s production speed is threatening to surpass Martin’s notoriously unhurried writing process.

The coming season will even dramatize events found in the most recently published volume, A Dance with Dragons.

In this month’s issue of Vanity Fair, when asked if the show is catching up to the books, Martin responded, “They are. Yes. It’s alarming.” Dark wings, dark words.

Earlier this month, with promotion intensifying for the premiere, a cryptic post promising future surprises on Martin’s website ignited rampant speculation that a release date announcement for the saga’s forthcoming sixth volume, The Winds of Winter, was imminent. Martin collaborator Elio Garcia would later quell these rumors, confirming that “the book is not yet done, and no firm release date can be given

until that time.” A sample chapter was released last week, though Martin again offered little encouragement a complete next installment will be arriving soon.

Ideally, Martin will complete the final two books of the saga in a timely manner, but to paraphrase Benjen Stark, nothing someone says after the word “ideally” really counts. We stand on the precipice of doom. Like, Doom-of-Valyria-doom. Martin’s detailed plan to prevent the show from catching up to the source material is neither detailed nor a plan. If The Winds of Winter has no release date in sight and its supposed final volume, A Dream of Spring, remains only a gleam in his eye, devoted fans from both ends of Martin’s universe face the distinct possibility that HBO might finish his story for him.

For an adaptation to outpace its source material in medias res is a truly postmodern conundrum. It feels unprecedented, doesn’t it? Could devoted readers ultimately be the ones who face spoiling?

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The Hemingway family demons DOCUMENTARY RUNNING FROM CRAZY TO BE SHOWN ON OPRAH’S OWN

Barbara Kopple’s engrossing documentary Running From Crazy, coproduced by Oprah Winfrey and airing Sunday night on OWN, is ostensibly a film about occurrences of mental illness and suicide within the same family.

But because the family is that of Ernest Hemingway’s descendents, Running From Crazy can’t help but be drawn to the ways life is lived in the darkest shadows of celebrity, even in the middle of what appears to be a glorious, sun-drenched Idaho summer circa 2011.

The burdens of fame are as important to this film as the burdens of shame — the shame associated with mental illness, suicide, alcoholism, unhappy marriages and memories of sexual abuse, as viewed through the thoughts and recollections of Mariel Hemingway, the ingenue actress who was only 16 when Woody Allen cast her as his girlfriend in Manhattan.

Now 52, Hemingway has, like so many other women of her age and means, found some solace on the yoga mat. Amicably divorced from her husband of 23 years (with whom she raised two daughters), Hemingway spends much of her time seeking balance and remaining alert to any signs of psychological collapse in herself and those she loves. With her boyfriend Bobby Williams, a stuntman and fitness fanatic, she runs a lifestyle/nutrition venture called the WillingWay, and not very far into Running From Crazy you begin to fear that you’ve run smack into an infomercial for the actress’s specially concocted macro-nutrient “blisscuit” bars.

But Kopple, an Academy Awardwinning filmmaker whose documentaries include Harlan County USA, American Dream and Wild Man Blues, isn’t here for a dose of the woo-woo.

Patiently and often elliptically, Kopple’s camera watches as Hemingway scours deep for memories of her parents’ and older sisters’ emotional and mental troubles.

Hemingway gets that her presentday life, to an outsider or even to the viewers of Running From Crazy will look somewhat less than afflicted. “I know what [people] think of me. Tall, blonde — what does she have to say to me? I would think the same thing,” she says. “Guess what? A bunch of funky s--- happened in my family. I’m scared, too.”

She’s not doing this only for sport or self-promotion; in recent years, Hemingway has spent a fair amount of her time speaking out about mental illness and suicide issues and lending her name to related causes. It’s her thing. On just about every level, Running From Crazy is about the ways all celebrities have a thing, whether they want that thing or not. Hemingway can name several relatives, including her grandfather and sister, who committed suicide.

Born four months after Ernest (“Papa”) Hemingway shot himself in 1961, Mariel grew up with two older sisters, Joan (who was called “Muffet”) and Margot.

The girls’ father, Jack, was Ernest’s oldest son — an outdoorsman and writer who helped finish his father’s memoir, A Moveable Feast, for a posthumous publication, but largely shunned publishing ambitions for the fishing stream and the quiet of Ketchum, Idaho, rarely speaking of Papa.

Mariel’s chief memory of her father and mother, Byra (who went by the

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Mariel Hemingway seems convinced that her daughters won’t be haunted by the family’s so-called curse, while the daughters appear only nominally interested in the past she’s trying to share with them.

nickname “Puck”), is that of a seethingly and verbally abusive marriage, brought about each evening by “wine time,” when her parents would uncork the booze.

When Mariel was still young, the adventuresome yet manic Muffet ran off to travel the world and party, eventually returning in a deflated mental state that left her dependent on their parents.

The middle sister, Margot, as anyone who was pop-culture literate in the 1970s will recall, left Idaho for New York, changed the spelling of her name to Margaux, and became a supermodel of the Studio 54 era, thanks in no small part to her famous surname and a plucky, girlish allure that seemed to presage ’80s preppy-punk fashion. (Time magazine put Margaux on its cover in 1975 under the headline The New Beauties.)

In a peculiar twist of fate that she soon regretted, Margaux invited her kid sister Mariel to take a supporting role in her 1976 film Lipstick, a grisly rape/revenge drama starring Margaux as a fashion model. Critics panned Margaux’s performance while praising Mariel’s. As Margaux’s career meandered, Mariel got the Woody Allen movie and an Academy Award nomination for best supporting actress, which led to more roles. The sisters never got over the envy and ill will it caused.

Whittled down somewhat, Running From Crazy might have been an even better film solely about the fraught subject of siblings. Kopple’s work here is indebted to reels of footage from a documentary Margaux attempted to make in the mid-1980s about her family and her grandfather’s literary fame.

(Pieced together, that film was eventually released in 1998.) Margaux made a show of jetting home to Ketchum with a camera crew, fixed on the concept of rediscovering Papa’s legacy. She also

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THRONES: Producers visit Martin to learn ending And by people who only watch the show?!

Game of Thrones executive producers David Benioff and Dan Weiss have confirmed a recent visit to Martin’s home in New Mexico to lay the groundwork for future seasons, including the final season of the show.

So basically, they know how it ends. So basically, all the spoilers. So basically, this has all been an elaborate scheme by two book readers hell-bent on spoiling everything for themselves even if it means spoiling it for everyone.

Michael Craft, 27, is an independent game developer from Shawnee, Okla. He’s been reading A Song of Ice and Fire since 2002, when he was a sophomore in high school.

“If the ending of a series I’ve been reading for over a decade gets spoiled before I crack that final page and read the words myself, that would be a really big bummer,” Craft says. “Honestly, if and when it happens, I will have to just go on a media blackout. I will have to remain vigilant against spoilers and soldier on waiting for those books. I just can’t learn the ending from a TV show. I just can’t.”

Save for some minor complaints, readers have generally agreed that Game of Thrones renders A Song of Ice and Fire beautifully, offering as faithful an interpretation as one could hope for given the immense challenges presented by its source material.

The next few years, however, could present a much different narrative, one not unlike the

filmed a pilgrimage to Spain to watch her grandfather’s beloved bullfights; one gets the sense that the film was just a desperate bid to cash in once more.

But Margaux also captured moments that have an awkward, uncomfortable air of familial hurt and personal desperation. These form essential (and frankly fascinating) evidence for Kopple’s film about Mariel’s attempt to let in some light several decades later. It all makes for a harrowing glimpse within a family that is unable to address its demons. Margaux continued to struggle and died of a drug overdose in 1996, when she was 42. It was years before the family accepted that death as a suicide, exercising the same denial that followed Papa’s “shooting accident.”

Mariel is both alert and oblivious to the recurring themes from one generation to the next. Running From Crazy opens with Mariel and her daughter, Langley, posing for a lavishly styled cover shoot for Town & Country magazine. Her other daughter, Dree, in a curious replay of the family’s other affliction, celebrityhood, went off to New York to become a model and actress, opting to use her great-grandfather’s famous surname. Hemingway seems convinced that her daughters won’t be haunted by the family’s so-called curse, while the daughters appear only nominally interested in the past she’s trying to share with them.

What Running From Crazy ultimately discovers is a beautiful, middleaged woman — Mariel — who talks frequently about personal courage and yet is still understandably intimidated by the contradictory elephants in so many rooms. A visit to Papa’s enshrined Ketchum home includes a tentative walk to the rear hallway where he shot himself, a space his granddaughter always equated with

story itself, with Benioff and Weiss as usurpers to the throne and Martin as the cuckolded, exiled beggar king.

“I have a lot of faith in George R.R. Martin,” Ford says. “I find it very hard to believe he would allow himself to be backed into this type of corner. They need to use the books to push the show and the show to push the books. Regardless of how we get it, what matters to me is that it’s consistently his vision.”

And that’s why we can’t allow this to happen.

For when the audience is divided against itself — readers against watchers, watchers against readers — and when A Song of Ice and Fire becomes the novelization of HBO’s Game of Thrones, the realm will bleed.

Perhaps the fault lies with Martin for licensing his creative property and revealing his endgame to producers.

Still, you can’t help but feel sorry for him. The tale grew in the telling, as they say. That its conclusion could be determined by fan-fiction feels like injustice.

I will answer injustice with justice, for George R.R. Martin and the Danny Fords and Michael Crafts of the world. Today, on the Isle of Faces in sight of the Green Men, we sign here a pact between readers and watchers. We haven’t spoiled anything for you;

haunted basements and other dangerous places. “It’s like something kept me away,” she says.

Hemingway’s mother died in 1988; her father died in 2000; Margaux’s death occurred in between — all of it freeing Hemingway to dig as deeply as she needs to. She is convinced, from incidents she witnessed as a little girl, that her father sexually abused both Muffet and Margaux when he was drunk and that her mother protected her from the same abuse by insisting that little Mariel sleep with her most nights, away from Jack.

Hemingway also tries to talk through her feelings about Margaux.

In Running From Crazy’s most raw moment, Mariel reveals that she thought Margaux was stupid. “I couldn’t see her as beautiful,” she recalls with real regret.

Late in the film comes the almost surprising news that Mariel’s older sister Muffet — who seems to always be referred to in the past-tense — is, in fact, alive, managing her illness and making abstract paintings of Papa and Jack, while residing in a group home close enough for Hemingway to visit.

But Mariel admits that she rarely goes to see Muffet. “It makes me so uncomfortable,” she says.

“I always say I’m going to come by and I don’t.” When she goes this time, proffering kombucha tea and coconut water, it’s a friendly afternoon of small talk, seemingly to benefit the documentary.

Running From Crazy, with its Oprah imprimatur, wants very much to be a story of a woman who has triumphed.

Hemingway may deservedly feel that she’s reached a mountaintop of healing and inner truths and all that; but, as the film subtly reveals, she is still often staring at the summit from a valley far below.

From the Washington Post.

don’t let them spoil anything for us.

Or winter is coming for us all.

Schwartz is a freelance writer for the Washington

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Dear Harlan; I used to cheat on a boyfriend I had from high school to freshman year of college. I ended it. I’m now in an amazing relationship and couldn’t even imagine cheating on my boyfriend.

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My mom always says that. — Once a Cheater Dear Once a Cheater; Unless you’re cheating while writing to me, I don’t believe you’ll always be a cheater.

You used to be a cheater.

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You need to know why it happened so that future partners can trust you. Once you know why it happened, when a love interest asks about cheating, you can explain: “Yes, I cheated. I’m not proud. I was young, insecure and scared. I had no self-esteem. I should have been honest with myself and my boyfriend. Through the years, I’ve worked on myself to be a better version of me. I love myself and respect the people I date too much to ever do that again. I learned so much. I learned that I will never do that again — ever.”

Dear Harlan; I’m the girl who is always shy.

Today, I met a cute boy in the math tutoring center. He noticed me, and I noticed him too, but we did not talk at all. I feel like he is the one. I should have talked to him, but I couldn’t say anything because of nervousness.

I’m so sorry about myself. I’ve been thinking about him every moment after I passed by him. When can I meet him again? What can I say if I meet him again in the future? — Math Crush Dear Math Crush; Don’t say anything. You’re not ready.

See, if you do find the courage to approach him, and he likes you, it will be too hard for you to set boundaries. If you can’t set boundaries, it’s too easy to get too physically and emotionally involved. If you get physically and emotionally without being able to communicate, you’re headed down a dangerous path.

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Focus on what scares you — not him. What are you afraid of a man discovering about you? What are the ugly truths that scare you? How can you work to turn them into something beautiful, or at least tolerable?

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I met him through an online dating site called Coffee Meets Bagel. It connects college students to each other via mutual Facebook friends. I decided to give it a try.

Before this I had never even dated a guy, kissed a guy or even had the guts to consider that one would want to kiss me back. But this past summer, I was feeling great. Things were changing for me in my personal life, and at work. I was 23, and I had no way of meeting guys socially since I was taking a break from college to work full time.

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A couple weeks later, it ended. He met someone else. It’s been a good seven months, but not one day goes by where I don’t think about him. I’ve dreamed about him, stalked his Facebook page and compare him to other guys. One day, I finally messaged him to ask him why he did what he did. Here’s his response: “I’m not sure what you mean — I’m sorry about moving so fast and then ending things so fast. It’s just New York City dating. We weren’t a fit, so I moved on. I’m happy to hang out and chat anytime. Don’t think too much about what happened between us. I promise you’ll forget all about it after you meet the next guy.”

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This position is accountable for performing a variety of entry level and intermediate accounting function pertaining to journal entries, month end reporting, banking, financial reconciliations and fixed assets.

Wednesday, May 7 11:00 am – 4:00 pm Clearwater Centre 5615 – 60 Street Rocky Mountain House, AB

You are also responsible for performing effectively within a teamwork environment which places a premium on the ability to adjust to changing priorities, duties and responsibilities.

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Interested applicants should include a covering letter, resume and the names of three references, (please include your written consent to contact references).

For further details on this position and to apply online, please go to the Careers section on our website:

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We thank all those who apply for their interest but only short listed applicants will be contacted.

The successful candidate will be required to provide a clean Criminal Records check as a condition of employment.

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BE PART OF A WINNING TEAM Are you ready to advance your career? Mountain View Credit Union has two outstanding career opportunities.

Office Supervisor – Olds Branch Qualified applicants will have a thorough understanding of credit union/bank operations and principles, specifically as they relate to the deposit portfolio and account operations.

They will also possess skills and knowledge in the areas of investments, coaching, human resource management and sales/service excellence. In addition to the above noted skills, an aptitude for team building paired with above average interpersonal skills is a requirement.

Applicants should possess a minimum of three to five years of financial institution experience. Previous management/supervisory experience required, while postsecondary business education is a definite asset.

Senior Commercial Account Manager – Business Banking Centre Olds Are you an experienced commercial account manager who aspires to make a difference every day? Do you have a genuine desire to use your skills and experience to assist others, coupled with a track record of past success? If so, we’d like to talk. We’ll provide the opportunity, combined with a work environment and a set of shared values that will enable you to chart your own course to career satisfaction and success.

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ACCOUNTABILITIES: work in a highly participative, self-managed team •environment.

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MEGlobal™ is a world leader in the manufacture and marketing of merchant monoethylene glycol and diethylene glycol (EG). Established in 2004, the company is a joint venture between The Dow Chemical Company and Petrochemical Industries Company of Kuwait and is headquartered in Dubai, UAE. MEGlobal serves customers around the world and has manufacturing facilities located in Alberta.

Recently winning the 2013 Business of the Year award, Bilton Welding and Manufacturing Ltd. designs, engineers and manufactures custom energy equipment.

Bilton Welding and Manufacturing Ltd. designs, engineers and manufactures custom energy equipment. Since 1992, Bilton has worked with engineering firms and oil and natural gas producers around the globe to develop their own equipment standards for size, capacity and any number of technical specifications.

Since 1992, Bilton has worked with engineering firms and oil and natural gas producers around the globe to develop their own equipment standards for size, capacity and any number of technical specifications. We operate seven manufacturing facilities in Innisfail, Alberta and have recently expanded by adding an office in Calgary Alberta.

We operate seven manufacturing facilities in Innisfail, Alberta and employ over 175 people.

We employ over 180 people and provide ample opportunities to employees to achieve their career goals. We provide hands-on training and an opportunity to work on some of the most interesting projects and applications in the energy sector.

With your long-term interests in mind, we provide you with ample opportunities to achieve your career goals. We’ll provide you with hands-on training and an opportunity to work on some of the most interesting projects and applications in the energy sector.

We currently have career opportunities for a professional;

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We currently have career opportunities for a professional;

The successful candidate will prepare cost estimates, review, validate, and submit estimates for product manufacturing, projects, or other services as required. This position is responsible for a wide range of project cost estimating and all associated functions within a group of skilled professionals.

CAD DESIGNER Essential Job Functions • • • • •

The Camrose Women’s Shelter Society (CWSS), a non-profit organization dedicated to providing a safe and healthy environment for women and children escaping domestic or family violence, is seeking a compassionate, client focused, highly motivated and competent individual to lead our team of professionals.

Reporting directly to the Board of Directors, responsibilities will include: • Day-to-day administration of the organization in accordance with the written Governing Board Policies and Procedures.

• Development, management and evaluation of programs and financial resources to meet the defined goals and objectives of the organization.

• Act as liaison with community stakeholders including funding agencies to ensure objectives are met.

• Provide leadership and/or assistance with the recruitment, development and supervision of staff.

• Create and implement a Public Relations strategy including Marketing and Fund Development.

Qualifications: The ideal candidate will possess a post-secondary degree in Human Services, complimented by related financial, administrative and public relations experience, and a minimum of 5 years of related experience in a management role. This individual should have excellent analytical, strategic, inter-personal, written and verbal communication skills, along with a good knowledge of family violence issues. Some weekend work and travel is required.

Equivalencies of education and experience may be considered.

Salary Range: $58,000 to $79,000 per annum plus benefits.

Application deadline is: Friday, May 9, 2014 Please submit your resume to: Judilonne Beebe, Chair Board of Directors Camrose Women’s Shelter Society Box 154 Donalda, AB T0B 1H0 OR acaa@telusplanet.net Attention: Judilonne We thank all applicants for their interest, however, only those chosen for an interview will be contacted.

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Red Deer, AB is currently looking for a qualifi ed MEGlobal Canada individual to fi ll the role of ELECTRICAL / RELIABILITY MEGlobal Canada Inc. Prentiss location is SPECIALIST for our Alberta Ethylene Glycol plants, located at Prentis (Red Deer) andTechnician(s) Fort Saskatchewan. seeking Process Operation to

Responsibilities; You will find success based on your ability to; • Interpret technical drawings to identify engineering specifications, evaluate and estimate materials, manpower, schedule and budget • Effectively analyze production benchmarks and historical costs • Obtain, review and maintain documentation of third party pricing • Interface and provide on-going technical support to customer • Support and comply with the policies, goals, efforts, and programs of Bilton Welding and Manufacturing Ltd. • Provide estimating support to various stakeholders at all stages of projects.

• Interface with various stakeholders to ensure accuracy of all estimates.

• Recognize key parameters such as equipment and material pricing guidelines, labour market updates, inflation, material take-off and other allowances, escalation philosophy, and site labour productivity factors.

design/draft tanks, vessels and piping packages create detailed fabrication drawings using inventor software interpret customer and engineering markups and make changes to drawings create drawing files for parts to be cut by the plasma table administrate autodesk vault, inventor content center libraries and autocad plant 3d specs

The incumbent must possess the following; • diploma in Engineering Design and Drafting Technology or equivalent • certified Engineering Technologist (CET) • minimum 3 year’s experience designing/drafting piping packages, pressure vessels, tanks and skids • proficient with using AutoCAD, plant 3d, and inventor • experience with creating BOM’s and utilizing an ERP software (M2M preferred) • experience using a nesting software (ProNest preferred)

Job Requirements; As the ideal candidate you will possess: • Thorough understanding of business processes, stakeholders involvements and their role, information flow and project scope and also ensure that developed estimates covers the entire scope of the projects.

• Thorough knowledge of estimating techniques and strategies • Thorough knowledge of oil and gas industry • Ability to calculate mathematical extensions, analyze and understand production drawings, associated documentation, contracts, cost coding systems, work breakdown structures, etc.

• Excellent computer skills in Estimating Software and Microsoft Office • Minimum of 3-5 years industrial estimating experience required

We offer competitive wage and benefits packages Only applicants chosen for an interview will be contacted.

Please forward your resume via fax to:

(403) 227-7796 or e-mail: hr@bilton.ca

PROJECT MANAGER

Career Opportunity

The successful candidate will have the overall responsibility for the successful initiation, planning, design, execution, monitoring, controlling and closure of a project. The Project Manager must have a combination of skills including an ability to ask penetrating questions and resolve conflicts, as well as more general management skills.

Responsibilities; You will find success based on your ability to; • Manage day-to-day operational aspects of a project and scope • Monitor progress of each project while in production • Keep up-to-date with progress and plans on future stages • Constantly monitor and report on progress of the project to all stakeholders • Keep client updated with the current status of projects • Plan and schedule project timelines, update schedule • Manage project changes and budget • Effectively apply our methodology and enforce project standards Job Requirements; As the ideal candidate you will possess: • Completion of PMP certification, working toward completion or equivalent • Minimum 3 years previous experience in related industry or role • Microsoft Project experience is an asset • Thorough knowledge of oil and gas industry

Agriculture is my life.

PURCHASING ANALYST

The successful candidate will be responsible for product procurement, vendor communication, and identifying cost saving opportunities, while working with various departments to ensure high levels of customer service internally and externally.

Agriculture is our life too. Agriculture Financial Services Corporation has been working with Alberta producers for over 70 years. We provide our clients with Financial and Risk Management products in the form of Lending, Hail, Crop Production and Livestock Price Insurance.

Responsibilities; You will find success based on your ability to; • Ensure all purchase orders are accurate per required BOM items including material grade requirements and special specifications • Negotiate prices, credit terms, discounts and delivery arrangements with suppliers.

• Expedite problems with suppliers and vendors regarding costs, quality, quantity or delivery of goods.

• Effective use of historical data to ensure competitive pricing.

• Perform on-going review of product, service, equipment, and expense usage to identify new opportunities for cost savings.

• Keep informed of new sources of supply for materials and services

We are currently looking for an Account Manager in our Stettler Branch Office.

Job Requirements; As the ideal candidate you will possess: • Experience in negotiating and contract formation of major supply chain agreements • Minimum of 3-5 years purchasing experience required • PMAC Certification, or work toward, is an asset but not required • Strong oral, written communication skills required, must be able to present material.

• Strong attention to detail, follow work rules, and adhere to work schedules required • Work with a wide variety of people with tact, courtesy and professionalism • Previous experience with M2M is an asset

Visit www.AFSC.ca to apply

(403) 227-7796 or e-mail to hr@bilton.ca

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HEALTH

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SATURDAY, APRIL 26, 2014

ALMOST BLIND MICHIGAN MAN ‘SEEING SOMETHING NEW EVERY DAY,’ THANKS TO NEW RETINA PROCEDURE

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS ANN ARBOR, Mich. — A degenerative eye disease slowly robbed Roger Pontz of his vision.

Diagnosed with retinitis pigmentosa as a teenager, Pontz has been almost completely blind for years. Now, thanks to a high-tech procedure that involved the surgical implantation of a “bionic eye,” he’s regained enough of his eyesight to catch small glimpses of his wife, grandson and cat.

“It’s awesome. It’s exciting — seeing something new every day,” Pontz said during a recent appointment at the University of Michigan Kellogg Eye Center. The 55-year-old former competitive weightlifter and factory worker is one of four people in the U.S. to receive an artificial retina since the Food and Drug Administration signed off on its use last year.

The facility in Ann Arbor has been the site of all four such surgeries since FDA approval. A fifth is scheduled for next month.

Retinitis pigmentosa is an inherited disease that causes slow but progressive vision loss due to a gradual loss of the light-sensitive retinal cells called rods and cones. Patients experience loss of side vision and night vision, then central vision, which can result in near blindness.

Not all of the 100,000 or so people in the U.S. with retinitis pigmentosa can benefit from the bionic eye. An estimated 10,000 have vision low enough, said Dr. Brian Mech,

an executive with Second Sight Medical Products Inc., the Sylmar, Calif.-based company that makes the device. Of those, about 7,500 are eligible for the surgery.

The artificial implant in Pontz’s left eye is part of a system developed by Second Sight that includes a small video camera and transmitter housed in a pair of glasses.

Images from the camera are converted into a series of electrical pulses that are transmitted wirelessly to an array of electrodes on the surface of the retina. The pulses stimulate the retina’s remaining healthy cells, causing them to relay the signal to the optic nerve.

The visual information then moves to the brain, where it is translated into patterns of light that can be recognized and interpreted, allowing the patient to regain some visual function.

When wearing the glasses, which Pontz refers to as his “eyes,” he can identify and grab his cat and figure out that a flash of light is his grandson hightailing it to the kitchen.

The visual improvement is sometimes startling for Pontz and his wife, Terri, who is just as amazed at her husband’s progress as he is.

“I said something I never thought I’d say: ’Stop staring at me while I’m eating,”’ Terri Pontz said.

She drives her husband the nearly 200 miles from tiny Reed City, Mich., to Ann Arbor for check-ups and visits with occupational therapist Ashley Howson, who helps Roger Pontz reawaken his visual memory and learn techniques

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Dr. Naheed Khan, right, works with Roger Pontz, left, on an exercise to test how well he sees shapes on a computer screen at the University of Michigan Kellogg Eye Center on Wednesday in Ann Arbor, Mich. Pontz suffers from a degenerative eye disease called retinitis pigmentosa. He is the second patient in the U.S. to surgically receive a ‘bionic eye’ since the U.S. Food and Drug Administration signed off on its use last year. needed to make the most of his new vision.

At the recent visit, Howson handed Pontz white and black plates, instructed him to move them back and forth in front of light and dark backgrounds and asked that he determine their colour.

Back home, Terri Pontz helps her husband practice the techniques he learns in Ann Arbor.

For them, the long hours on the road and the homework assignments are a blessing.

“What’s it worth to see

again? It’s worth everything,” Terri Pontz said.

The artificial retina procedure has been performed several-dozen times over the past few years in Europe, and the expectation is that it will find similar success in the U.S., where the University of Michigan is one of 12 centres accepting consultations for patients.

Candidates for the retinal prosthesis must be 25 or older with end-stage retinitis pigmentosa that has progressed to the point of having “bare light” or no light perception in

both eyes.

Dr. Thiran Jayasundera, one of two physicians who performed the 4.5-hour surgery on Roger Pontz, is scheduled to discuss his experiences with the retinal prosthesis process during a meeting of the American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery on Friday in Boston.

He calls it a “game-changer.”

Pontz agrees: “I can walk through the house with ease.

If that’s all I get out of this, it’d be great.”

WHO warns exported MERS cases ‘very likely’ since the first known infections. The death toll to date is over 100.

More than 45 per cent of all MERS cases that have ever been diagnosed have been recorded this month. That enormous spike in cases is raising concerns about the virus, with experts wondering if it has changed to become more easily transmitted from person to person.

The WHO says three-quarters of the recent cases appear to be ones where the transmission was person to person, not from an animal or environmental source to a person.

In two cases, person-to-person-to-person spread has been suspected, the risk assessment said. There have been no recent reports of scientists analyzing MERS viruses to see if they have changed. But on Thursday, German coronavirus expert Dr. Christian Drosten confirmed that he recently received a shipment of samples from Saudi Arabia and his laboratory has begun to sequence the material.

“Currently the sequences don’t tell a lot. They look all the same,” said Drosten, who is the head of virology at the University of Bonn.

He cautioned that the work

has just begun, and only a small portion of the viruses have been sequenced, but said that what he has seen so far looks 100 per cent identical to viruses from earlier in the outbreak.

The WHO risk assessment said it appears that there is slightly more human-to-human spread than there has been in the past. But whether that is because the virus had become more transmissible or is due to a combination of outbreaks in hospitals and more aggressive searching for cases can’t be determined at this point.

The global health agency suggested that people who are likely at high risk of becoming seriously sick if they contract the virus should take precautions when visiting farms, barn areas or markets where camels are present.

Camels have been heavily implicated in the MERS story, though it is still not clear how people are catching the virus from the animals. The WHO said people at high risk should think about avoiding camels, and refraining from drinking raw camel milk or food that may have been contaminated with animal secretions until it has been properly washed, peeled or cooked.

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MEDICAL HALL OF FAME TORONTO — The recently named winner of a prestigious Gairdner award and five other leaders from the field of medicine will be inducted Thursday into the Canadian Medical Hall of Fame.

The inductees are Dr. Salim Yusuf, an expert in the epidemiology of cardiovascular disease, Dr. Max Cynader, a world-renowned neuroscientist and Dr. Adolfo de Bold who is called the father of cardiovascular endocrinology.

Also being inducted are Dr. Jock Murray, a world leader in multiple sclerosis research and care, Dr. Ronald Worton, who discovered the gene for Duchenne muscular dystrophy, and the late Dr. Walter C. Mackenzie, who was instrumental in

the situation and the possibility of imported cases of MERS or avian influenza.

Dr. Theresa Tam said since last September more than 3,000 people have been screened in Canada, but to date no cases of MERS have been found.

“The bottom line is that we’ve been ramped up for quite some time, not just on this bug but to deal with any emerging viruses,” said Tam, who is the head of the Public Health Agency’s health security infrastructure branch. “Like Greece or France or Italy, it’s possible to get a traveller for sure. And so the system is designed to try to pick that up.”

France, Italy, Germany and Britain have also diagnosed MERS cases in people who travelled to the Middle East or flew from there to Europe for treatment. Those importations happened in 2012 and 2013.

The number of MERS cases has soared this month, fuelled in part by outbreaks in healthcare settings in Jidda, Saudi Arabia, and Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

The WHO has confirmed 254 cases, but at this point its tally lags far behind the numbers reported by affected countries. The combined case count announced by countries has reached about 385 cases

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TORONTO — Countries should be on the lookout for cases of MERS in people returning from Middle Eastern countries affected by the virus, the World Health Organization said Thursday in an updated risk assessment of the new coronavirus.

The number of known infections has skyrocketed in recent days, with Saudi Arabia alone reporting 48 cases on Wednesday and Thursday.

In the 20 months since the world became aware a new coronavirus was infecting people, there has not been a single month where the total cases from all affected countries was as high as that twoday tally.

In the past two weeks alone cases were exported to Greece, Malaysia, Jordan and the Philippines, the global health agency said, warning that the virus may pop up in various parts of the globe carried by people who have been to countries like Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.

“It is very likely that cases will continue to be exported to other countries, through tourists, travellers, guest workers or pilgrims, who might have acquired the infection follow-

ing an exposure to the animal or environmental source, or to other cases, in a hospital for instance,” the risk assessment said.

The WHO noted that diagnosing cases rapidly may be a challenge because some have mild or atypical symptoms.

The man detected in Greece, for instance, did not initially appear to have a respiratory infection.

He had a protracted fever and diarrhea, but doctors were suspicious because he had travelled to Greece from Saudi Arabia. The man developed pneumonia while in hospital. The risk assessment suggested that given the potential to initially miss MERS cases, health-care workers should apply infection control precautions consistently with all patients, all the time, regardless of their diagnosis.

The document said the WHO continues to recommend against border screening as a method of trying to detect incoming cases. As well, it recommends that governments not apply travel or trade restrictions on countries that are sources of MERS infections.

A senior official of the Public Health Agency of Canada said federal authorities are in regular communications with provincial and territorial counterparts about

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TFWs needed in Central Alberta FOREIGN WORKERS PROGRAM VITAL FOR FOOD SERVICES, LOCAL BUSINESS GROUPS SAY

BY HARLEY RICHARDS ADVOCATE BUSINESS EDITOR Cutting off the food services industry’s access to temporary foreign workers could have dire consequences for restaurants, say business advocacy groups.

The federal government announced on Thursday that it will not process any new or pending applications from restaurants under its temporary foreign worker program.

“This moratorium will remain in effect until the completion of the ongoing review of the temporary foreign worker program,” said Jason Kenney, Canada’s employment minister.

A number of Western Canadian restaurants have been accused of giving foreign workers preferred treatment relative to their Canadian counterparts.

McDonald’s Canada said Wednesday that it has suspended its use of the program pending a third-party audit to determine if abuse has occurred.

Meanwhile, a report by the C.D. Howe Institute has concluded that changes to the temporary foreign worker program between 2002 and 2013 led to an accelerated rise in unemployment rates in Alberta and British Columbia.

However, Red Deer Chamber of Commerce policy co-ordinator Reg Warkentin said the program plays a “vital” role in filling positions that no Canadians are willing or able to take.

“The program ensures that businesses, including restaurants, can keep their doors open and maintain a quality level of service.”

Warkentin pointed out that Red Deer’s current unemployment rate of 4.3 per cent is well below the level that economists consider full employment.

Richard Truscott, Alberta director with the Canadian Federation of Independent Business, agreed that the temporary foreign worker program is a critical tool for many businesses. He said 20 to 25 per cent of CFIB members in Alberta use or have tried to use it — with the percentage likely higher when it comes to the food services sector and businesses in smaller communities.

“At the end of the day, there is just simply not enough Canadians applying for jobs in these industries, and this has become a real lifeline for a lot of small businesses.”

Truscott said the federal government’s moratorium has thrown the food services industry into chaos, with businesses uncertain about how long they will be prevented from using the program, the status of temporary foreign workers currently being processed through the system, and the status of those with existing work permits that are expiring.

He thinks the federal government should have taken action against the employers abusing the system, rather than punish an entire industry.

“It’s the classic case of using a sledgehammer to drive in a tiny little nail.”

Warkentin said the Chamber also favours action

against employers that take advantage of the system to the detriment of Canadians.

“The rules of the program need to be properly enforced so that honest, rule-following businesses don’t get caught in the crossfire.”

Thomas Lukaszuk, Alberta’s minister of jobs, skills, training and labour, issued a statement on Friday expressing concerns about the moratorium.

“It’s the reality of Alberta’s labour market: when jobs remain unfilled, workers are recruited from other sectors, customer service declines, or Canadians already on staff lose shifts or jobs when restaurants close or reduce their hours. Albertans want restaurant services, and companies need temporary foreign workers to provide them.”

Lukaszuk agreed that a blanket prohibition against the food services industry is unfair.

“There are ways for the federal government to deal with compliance problems in its program.”

A statement provided to the Advocate by Tim Hortons Inc. said the temporary foreign worker program “has been vital to help ensure employers in select markets can keep all of their employees working in communities with serious labour challenges.” It expressed concerns about the impact of suspending access to the program.

Tim Hortons also said that it audits every franchisee that uses the program, and that abusers should be dealt with harshly by the federal government. hrichards@reddeeradvocate.com

Machinists file labour relations Industry Canada to applications against Air Canada participate in talks It said Air Canada advised last month that the union will only continue to provide ground handling work for two years.

The union doesn’t do ground handling work on MONTREAL — Air Canada’s largest union is seeking the help of the country’s labour relations board Q400s at Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport and no to protect its members from the airline’s cost-cutting longer provides “cabin grooming” at Toronto Pearefforts and a feared move to outsource some of their son or Montreal airports.

“What Air Canada obtains from Sky Regional is jobs.

The International Association of Machinists and neither seat capacity, nor routes, nor aircraft, nor Aerospace Workers filed two applications Friday access to a pre-existing infrastructure, but rather with the Canada Industrial Relations Board to have the opportunity to have operations carried out outAir Canada (TSX:AC.B) declared the employer of side the scope of its own bargaining certifications by its low-cost Rouge subsidiary and Sky Regional Air- lower-cost, non-union labour,” the application said, noting that these arrangements serve to undermine lines, an privately owned partner.

The applications are designed to ensure the union the integrity of existing bargaining rights.

Hospes said the union is willing to continue discontinues to do work for both airlines despite discussions on lowering costs similar to the terms of the cussions with Air Canada about lowering costs, but hasn’t been given a target or how the airline wants to 2011 arbitration with pilots and flights attendants.

“The work that we currently do today is work that achieve savings.

Rouge and Sky Rewe want to ensure that gional have lower operwe secure up for the fu‘WE’RE SAYING YOU CAN HAVE ating costs due to lower ture,” IAMAW general wages, more flexible chairman Fred Hospes WHATEVER AGREEMENT THAT YOU work rules and lower said in an interview WANT BUT YOU’RE WHOLLY OWNED overhead. from Vancouver.

“There’s no doubt The union contends BY AIR CANADA SO IT’S ALL OUR WORK they want to reduce Sky Regional and Rouge UNDER OUR CURRENT COLLECTIVE their labour costs so were created to fly Air part of these applicaCanada planes and AGREEMENT.’ tions is to create a founroutes at lower costs, but are controlled and —FRED HOSPES dation in order to enter IAMAW GENERAL CHAIRMAN into discussions to try to directed by the country’s reach a resolution that largest airline. protects all of this work Union members mainthat we currently do toly provide mechanical and baggage handling services for Rouge aircraft. day into the future.”

Air Canada spokesman Peter Fitzpatrick said the But the airline contends the work is based on service level agreements Air Canada has with Rouge, rather airline has worked “co-operatively” with its employees to create Rouge as a low-cost competitor. than a collective agreement.

“Relationships with smaller carriers for regional In its application, the union said it fears the work could be “lost” if Rouge decides not to continue the flying is a fundamental component of Air Canada’s agreement and instead contracts it out to third par- network, and our employees recognize the importance of these carriers for Air Canada’s competitiveties.

Hospes said it’s a strategy used by other Star Alli- ness and profitability,” he wrote in an email.

Until it sees the filings, Air Canada doesn’t have ance partners like United Airlines and by Air Canaenough information to comment on the union apda itself at London’s Heathrow airport.

“We’re saying you can have whatever agreement plications, he said. The union wants the labour relathat you want but you’re wholly owned by Air Cana- tions board to bind Rouge and Sky Regional to the da so it’s all our work under our current collective collective agreement it has with Air Canada, like it did in 2003 with Air Canada Zip Air and later with agreement.”

The union provides service for Sky Regional at maintenance and overhaul company ACTS. The some locations on 15 Embraer 175 regional jets trans- agreement expires in 2016 The IAMAW represents ferred from the mainline carrier. Since the transfer, more than 8,800 workers, including line maintenance the union said Air Canada has argued the work no mechanics, auto mechanics, baggage handlers, carlonger falls under the scope of its bargaining agree- go agents, aircraft cleaners, cabin groomers, millwrights, electricians and technical writers. ments.

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS

on Mobilicity deal

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS

TORONTO — Mobilicity announced Friday that Industry Canada has agreed to participate in courtsanctioned talks that could allow Telus (TSX:T) to get the ministry’s approval to buy the financially troubled wireless carrier, as proposed under a $350-million conditional deal announced last week.

The company, which has been operating under court protection from creditors since September, said that Industry Canada advised Mobilicity on Thursday that it would participate in meetings to be mediated by Warren Winkler, a former chief justice of Ontario.

“If needed, Mobilicity expects that mediation would proceed over the next few weeks,” said a statement issued Friday afternoon by Mobilicity, which is under creditor protection under the Companies’ Creditors Arrangement Act. Mobilicity announced last week that it has agreed to be purchased by Telus, saying it believed the latest proposal would satisfy Industry Canada’s criteria with little or no disruption to its customers or the competitive landscape.

The Harper government has said repeatedly that it favours strong competition and innovation in wireless communications and that it wants at least four rivals in each region of the country. It is also opposed to the sale of certain wireless spectrum held by smaller players such as Mobilicity to the industry giants.

“Our government’s spectrum transfer policy remains unchanged,” Jake Enright, a spokesman for federal Industry Minister James Moore, said Friday in a phone interview from Ottawa. “We will not approve spectrum transfer requests that decrease competition in our wireless sector.”

The Canadian wireless telecom industry has been dominated for several years by three companies — Rogers (TSX:RCI.B), BCE’s Bell Canada (TSX:BCE) and Telus.

In the early years of the industry, which began to take its current form in the 1990s, there were several other competitors that have since been absorbed by the Big Three.

Mobilicity was one of a new round of competitors that emerged with a 2008 Industry Canada auction of spectrum — the radio waves required to carry the voice and data traffic over wireless networks.

Apart from Quebec-based Videotron, the telecom arm of Quebecor (TSX:QBR.B), most of the other new entrants have struggled to carve out a significant market shares.

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OF LOCAL INTEREST Friday’s stock prices supplied by RBC Dominion Securities of Red Deer. For information call 341-8883.

Diversified and Industrials Agrium Inc. . . . . . . . . . . 103.98 ATCO Ltd.. . . . . . . . . . . . 54.11 BCE Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48.46 BlackBerry . . . . . . . . . . . . 8.05 Bombardier . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.09 Cdn. National Railway . . 63.73 Cdn. Pacific Railway. . . 171.19 Cdn. Utilities . . . . . . . . . . 40.58 Capital Power Corp . . . . 25.30 Cervus Equipment Corp 22.20 Dow Chemical . . . . . . . . 48.50 Enbridge Inc. . . . . . . . . . 52.33 Finning Intl. Inc. . . . . . . . 28.49 Fortis Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . 32.16 General Motors Co. . . . . 33.72 Parkland Fuel Corp. . . . . 20.61 Siriux XM . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.91 SNC Lavalin Group. . . . . 47.94 Stantec Inc. . . . . . . . . . . 63.52 Telus Corp. . . . . . . . . . . . 38.04 Transalta Corp.. . . . . . . . 13.15 Transcanada. . . . . . . . . . 45.94 Consumer Canadian Tire . . . . . . . . 106.17 Gamehost . . . . . . . . . . . . 14.94 Leon’s Furniture . . . . . . . 15.76 Loblaw Ltd. . . . . . . . . . . . 45.82 Maple Leaf Foods. . . . . . 18.10 MARKETS CLOSE TORONTO — The Toronto stock market closed lower Friday as nervous investors backed off ahead of the weekend amid rising tensions in Ukraine.

The S&P/TSX composite index declined 20.68 points to 14,533.57. The Canadian dollar was down 0.07 of a cent at 90.61 cents US. U.S. indexes also retreated as the Dow Jones industrials tumbled 140.19 points to 16,361.46, the Nasdaq dropped 72.78 points to 4,075.56, also pressured by a 9.8 per cent drop in Amazon’s share price after the retailer warned of a likely operating loss in the second quarter.

The S&P 500 index slid 15.21 points to 1,863.4.

Russia’s foreign minister has accused the West of plotting to control Ukraine and also announced military exercises near Ukraine’s border. And late Friday afternoon, Ukraine’s deputy foreign minister said he feared an imminent Russian invasion.

Danylo Lubkivskye spoke as an official in Ukraine confirmed that pro-Russian forces had detained a team of military observers with the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe.

“We can’t dismiss what is going on there. It is a concern, it could escalate,” said Gareth Watson, vice-president investment management and research, Richardson GMP Ltd. At the same time, the economic cost to Russia for its stance toward Ukraine increased as Standard & Poor’s cut Russia’s credit rating from BBB to BBB-minus — one step above non-investment grade.

S&P said it took the step because the tense situation “could see additional significant outflows of capital from the Russian economy.”

The latest escalation in tensions came at the end of what had been a generally positive week on markets thanks to better than expected corporate earnings in Canada and the United States.

“What’s more important is that we haven’t seen any mas-

Rona Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . 11.12 Tim Hortons . . . . . . . . . . 60.42 Wal-Mart . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78.62 WestJet Airlines . . . . . . . 24.94 Mining Barrick Gold . . . . . . . . . . 19.74 Cameco Corp. . . . . . . . . 24.65 First Quantum Minerals . 21.70 Goldcorp Inc. . . . . . . . . . 27.43 Hudbay Minerals. . . . . . . . 9.72 Labrador. . . . . . . . . . . . . 31.00 Kinross Gold Corp. . . . . . . 4.61 Potash Corp.. . . . . . . . . . 39.42 Sherritt Intl. . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.67 Teck Resources . . . . . . . 24.82 Energy Aeroflex . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.97 Badger Daylighting Ltd. . 38.74 Baker Hughes. . . . . . . . . 69.68 Bonavista . . . . . . . . . . . . 17.10 Bonterra Energy . . . . . . . 56.99 Cdn. Nat. Res. . . . . . . . . 44.65 Cdn. Oil Sands Ltd. . . . . 23.25 Canyon Services Group. 14.79 Cenovous Energy Inc. . . 32.52 CWC Well Services . . . . . 1.07 Encana Corp. . . . . . . . . . 24.99 Essential Energy. . . . . . . . 2.89 sive downgrades to guidance,” Watson said. “There’s been a few tweaks to guidance going forward but not massive.”

On Friday, automaker Ford said first-quarter net income fell 39 per cent to US$989 million or 24 cents per share, seven cents below estimates.

Revenue rose slightly to $35.9 billion, beating analysts’ expectations for $34.2 billion and its shares lost 3.3 per cent to $15.78.

In Canada, business software provider Open Text Corp.

(TSX:OTC) posted quarterly net earnings of $45.8 million or 33 cents per share, up from $25.8 million or 22 cents in the comparable year-earlier period as revenue rose to $442.8 million from $337.7 million. The company also upped its quarterly dividend by 15 per cent to 17.25 cents a share. Its shares climbed $3.30 or 6.49 per cent to $54.11.

In other corporate developments, Canadian Oil Sands Ltd. (TSX:COS) lowered its 2014 production guidance for the Syncrude Canada oilsands mine north of Fort McMurray, Alta., to between 95 million and 105 million barrels, compared with an previous estimate of 95 million to 110 million barrels as a result of a breakdown at one of its cokers, which help convert heavy oilsands bitumen into a lighter type of crude. Its shares fell 88 cents or 3.65 per cent to C$23.25.

The energy sector dropped 0.54 per cent as June crude in New York gave back $1.34 to US$100.60 a barrel.

May copper was unchanged at US$3.12 a pound and the base metals group was up 0.4 per cent.

The gold sector was the leading advancer, up about 2.4 per cent as geopolitical worries drove June bullion up $10.20 to US$1,300.80 an ounce.

Indexes closed little changed this week with the TSX up 33 points and the Dow industrials down 47 points.

FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS TORONTO — Highlights at the close of Friday at world finan-

Exxon Mobil . . . . . . . . . 100.41 Halliburton Co. . . . . . . . . 62.86 High Arctic . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.21 Husky Energy . . . . . . . . . 35.42 Imperial Oil . . . . . . . . . . . 52.98 Pengrowth Energy . . . . . . 6.93 Penn West Energy . . . . . . 9.85 Pinecrest Energy Inc. . . . 0.155 Precision Drilling Corp . . 13.84 Suncor Energy . . . . . . . . 40.96 Talisman Energy . . . . . . . 11.66 Trican Ltd.. . . . . . . . . . . . 15.33 Trinidad Energy . . . . . . . 12.19 Vermilion Energy . . . . . . 71.60 Financials Bank of Montreal . . . . . . 75.79 Bank of N.S. . . . . . . . . . . 65.44 CIBC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96.03 Cdn. Western . . . . . . . . . 37.39 Carfinco . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8.90 Great West Life. . . . . . . . 30.25 IGM Financial . . . . . . . . . 56.35 Intact Financial Corp. . . . 70.06 Manulife Corp. . . . . . . . . 20.43 National Bank . . . . . . . . . 45.33 Rifco Inc.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.85 Royal Bank . . . . . . . . . . . 72.41 Sun Life Fin. Inc.. . . . . . . 36.47 TD Bank . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51.75 cial market trading.

Stocks: S&P/TSX Composite Index — 14,533.57, down 20.68 points TSX Venture Exchange — 1,013.59, down 0.86 of a point TSX 60 — 829.46, down 1.48 points Dow — 16,361.46, down 140.19 points S&P 500 — 1,863.40, down 15.21 points Nasdaq — 4,075.56, down 72.78 points Currencies at close: Cdn — 90.61 cents US, down 0.07 of a cent Pound — C$1.8542, up 0.16 of a cent Euro — C$1.5267, up 0.18 of a cent Euro — US$1.3831, up 0.03 of a cent Oil futures: US$100.60 per barrel, down $1.34(June contract) Gold futures: US$1,300.80 per oz., up $10.20(June contract) ICE FUTURES CANADA WINNIPEG — ICE Futures Canada closing prices: Canola: May ’14 $19.30 higher $471.70; July ’14 $14.20 higher $474.30; Nov. ’14 $11.60 higher $485.20; Jan ’15 $11.30 higher $491.70; March ’15 $11.20 higher $497.90; May ’15 $10.70 higher $503.40; July ’15 $10.70 higher $507.30; Nov ’15 $10.70 higher $492.40; Jan. ’16 $10.70 higher $483.90; March ’16 $10.70 higher $483.90.

Barley (Western): May ’14 unchanged $139.50; July ’14 unchanged $140.50; Oct. ’14 unchanged $140.50; Dec. ’14 unchanged $140.50; March ’15 unchanged $140.50; May ’15 unchanged $140.50; July ’15 unchanged $140.50; Oct. ’15 unchanged $140.50; Dec. ’15 unchanged $140.50; March ’16 unchanged $140.50; May ’16 unchanged $140.50.

Friday’s estimated volume of trade: 690,180 tonnes of canola; 0 tonnes of barley (Western Barley) Total: 690,180.

$5.1 billion February surplus is Ottawa’s biggest since recession

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA — The federal government posted another massive monthly budget surplus in February — the largest since the recession and one of the biggest ever — putting it on the road to easily beat its target deficit for the year.

The Finance Department said Friday it took in $5.1 billion more than it spent in February, the third large monthly surplus in a row.

For the first 11 months of the fiscal year, the government’s treasury remains in a hole, but the shortfall has shrunk to $5.4 billion — about half the $10.7-billion deficit it faced at this point last year.

Analysts caution that Ottawa’s monthly accounts can be lumpy — so the final month of the fiscal year ended March 31 may flip the numbers around — but, as of now, Ottawa seems to be on pace to improve on the $16.6-billion deficit anticipated in the March budget.

Bank of Montreal chief economist Doug Porter said December, January and February are usually the strongest months in terms of the government’s fiscal accounts, but that’s offset by tax refunds in March and April.

Ottawa posted a large $3.2-billion surplus in February 2013 as well, but that was followed by a $6.5-billion shortfall in the following month.

“I think this is further confirmation that the tide is turning on the deficit front provided the economy stays on the rails,” Porter said.

BUSINESS

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Proposed class action lawsuit filed against Barrick Gold and executives TORONTO — A proposed class action lawsuit has been filed against Barrick Gold Corp. (TSX:ABX) and several of its current and former executives, accusing the gold miner of misrepresenting the status of its troubled Pascua-Lama project in South America.

The Merchant Law Group filed the lawsuits with courts in Ontario and Alberta on behalf of those who bought Barrick shares from May 7, 2009, until May 23, 2013.

“The class actions allege that Barrick Gold shareholders lost billions of dollars as a result of Barrick’s misrepresentations and failures regarding the Pascua-Lama mine project,” the Merchant Law Group said in a statement.

The allegations have not been proven in court.

The lawsuits name the company as well as chief executive Jamie Sokalsky, chief financial officer Ammar Al-joundi and former chief executive Aaron Regent.

Barrick said it disputes the allegations and will defend itself against any

“Sometimes there are special onetime write-offs and additions, but the underlying picture does indeed look like it’s improving faster than expected.”

The government has projected it will balance the budget in the 2015-16 fiscal year, although many private sector economists believe it can likely accomplish the feat in 2014-15, barring a serious setback to the economy.

The timing is significant for the Conservatives since they stand to gain a political advantage if they introduce tax cuts for Canadian families — likely some form of income splitting — before the next election scheduled for October 2015. In the 2011 campaign, the Conservatives pledged to introduce income splitting and other tax goodies once the deficit was eliminated.

The February surplus was attributed to a $2.1-billion increase in revenues, or about 8.4 per cent over the same month last year. Meanwhile, expenses increased by only about $100 million, or 0.5 per cent.

For the year to date, Ottawa says its revenues are up $10.8 billion, or 4.7 per cent, on the strength of higher personal income tax and GST revenues, non-resident tax receipts and an increase of $1.4 billion in employment insurance premiums.

Meanwhile, program expenses rose by a more modest $5.7 billion, or 2.6 per cent, made up of transfers to persons and provinces.

Charges to service the deficit decreased by about $200 million over the same period last year, the department said. lawsuit vigorously.

The gold miner suspended work at the Pascua-Lama project last year following massive cost overruns and protests from an indigenous community living below the project, which tried to have Barrick’s licence revoked and force a new environmental impact study.

The Supreme Court of Chile stopped short of ordering a new review and upheld the environmental permit, but put construction on hold until Barrick’s environmental commitments and work to protect the water systems was completed.

Manitoba reports more cases of virus that has killed millions of pigs WINNIPEG — Manitoba is reporting more cases of a virus that has killed millions of baby pigs in the United States.

The province says three more pigs have been found with porcine epidemic diarrhea (PED) this week, but not at a hog farm. The sick animals were detected at what the government calls a high-traffic area in eastern Manitoba — a description that could mean livestock yards, trucks or a slaughter facility. To date there has been one case at a farm in Manitoba and seven cases found in high-traffic areas.

Since last May the virus, which is not a threat to human health, has swept through more than 5,700 farms in 30 states in the U.S.

CMHC again moves to tighten mortgage insurance rules

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA — CMHC is moving yet again to tighten the home mortgage market with changes that would make it more difficult for certain Canadians to obtain government-secured financing for real estate purchases.

The Canadian Mortgage and Housing Corporation says that as of May 30 it will no longer insure purchases by self-employed workers without third party income validation, and will offer no insurance on Canadians seeking to purchase a second property.

Self-employed Canadians can still qualify for CMHC insurance, but must be able to provide proof of their income levels, the agency said. It estimated the changes would effect less than three per cent of the units it insures. Given the limited use of these products, their discontinuation is not expected to have a material impact on the housing market, the agency added.

The changes are part of the agency’s continuing review of its products and core mandate to support stability in the housing market, CMHC said in a statement.

“As part of the review of its mort-

gage loan insurance business, CMHC is evaluating its products and services to ensure they are aligned with these objectives,” Steven Mennill, senior vice-president of insurance, said in a statement.

CIBC deputy chief economist Benjamin Tal said the move was not a surprise, adding that more changes are likely coming to reduce the agency’s footprint in the market.

The Finance Department has tightened mortgage rules on four separate occasions in the past several years — along with requiring stricter enforcement and management of loans — in an effort to weed out marginal buyers and excessive speculation in the housing market. Former finance minister Jim Flaherty had also expressed concern that CMHC had become too large a player in the market, needlessly exposing Canadian taxpayers to risk should there be a housing crash.

The agency currently has about $560 billion in outstanding mortgage insurance on its books. Flaherty and the Bank of Canada have for several years expressed concerns that too many Canadians risked becoming over-extended in the mortgage markets, especially once interest rates begin to rise.

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SATURDAY, APRIL 26, 2014

BASEMENTS — WITH GOOD CARE AND ATTENTION — CAN BECOME WONDERFUL LOWER LEVEL WORLDS

Contributed photos

Above: Walls corrected with white pine, with engineered wooden planking for the new flooring.

Below: Mouldy from top to bottom and stank, quite frankly, of mice poop and abandon, all of which shrieked 1980s.

COLIN & JUSTIN

DESIGN

not that we’re mean; we just don’t like to overspend. We’ll come back to our experiment presently. …

But first things first.

Just look at our cottage basement as we found it.

About as current as The Spice Girls, it was so dated.

Oh, and it was mouldy from

top to bottom and stank, quite frankly, of mice poop and abandon.

In one corner sat a hot tub (key swapping and Appletinis anyone?) a bubbly phenomenon that had surely exacerbated the cloying damp problems.

Opposite the tub sat a rusty

oil stove perched high on a weird, brick built platform.

The French doors to the porch were falling off their sliders and the carpet was threadbare in places.

And then there was that chevron pine cladding. Everywhere. But for ‘knotty’ pine read ‘naughty’ pine. Aye, it all

had to go.

So where to start?

Hmm — let’s try the very beginning.

We tore away acres of dry wall (ceiling included) and washed down all evidence of yucky black mould.

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If you saw a recent Colin and Justin’s Cabin Pressure, you’ll know that Nescafé coffee granules were our go-to stain when it came to darkening the wall boards in our basement family room.

Confused?

Coffee-as-wood-stain? Are we crazy?

Well, bizarre as it sounds, it wasn’t quite the unusual proposition you might initially think.

DIY’ers the land over, you see, have been aging and maturing lumber with coffee — and tea, for that matter — for years.

OK, so the brewing up process has normally been reserved for smaller projects (like scuffs and scrapes), but there’s no reason the principal shouldn’t work just as well on larger surfaces.

So, as you may have seen on the show, we did a little testing.

Anything to save literally hundreds of dollars on standard DIY stain.

Come on, we’re Scottish. It’s

D2 RED DEER ADVOCATE Saturday, April 26, 2014

STORY FROM PAGE D1

BASEMENT: When opening walls, ceilings, it is time to rewire This done, we worked with Command Performance, one of Canada’s premier sound and vision companies, to install wiring for concealed ceiling speakers and security cameras.

Take a tip: order of work (in any project, not least a cottage) is paramount. As much as these systems can be retrofitted, if you’re opening walls and ceilings, now is the time to get wired in.

Next, we hired Thermo Seal to blow in the most amazing fibrous insulation (heat bills, we should report, have dropped dramatically) then set to work hanging twice-sawn lumber that skinned us just a buck per linear foot.

To tell the truth, we had planned using original barnboard but, at many times pricier than twicesawn lumber, we had a rethink. So white pine twice sawn it was.

Note the word ‘white,’ which precedes the word pine. …

Yup – white. While the boards looked great (arranged horizontally to lengthen the appearance of the room), their colouration was distinctly anaemic.

Hence our aforementioned deliberations with the caffeine fueled potion. We couldn’t imagine why applying great quantities with a wallpaper brush wouldn’t immediately help ‘amber’ the wood, thereby achieving the same effect that happens naturally, over time.

Testing first on scraps of board allowed us to distill the perfect tone (one 200-gram jar per half gallon of water produced this soft honey complexion) and procure massive savings compared to the cost of standard DIY store stain. Four tins at $80 a pop? Do the math.

Walls corrected, we turned our attention to the fireplace. In its initial incarnation, the dated red brick finish (not to mention the weird elevated stove) shrieked 1980s.

And so it came to pass that, in association with a qualified oil fire expert, we unhooked everything, removed the brick and lifted the stove from its vertiginous platform.

Using granite personally blasted from the Muskoka Rock quarry (more of that in coming weeks both here and on TV), we carefully refaced the surface to the rear of — and below — the fire.

OK, so these changes aren’t massive, but just look at the transformation.

The entire zone is now totally updated. Vive la difference.

The barn door, as well as adding rustic charm, takes up far less space than a standard portal — especially important for our basement as the room is a little on the narrow side. In simple terms, a little early planning reaped seriously useful spatial rewards.

The next stage of our grand master plan was the installation of an absolutely stunning Rebarn.ca door, which slides effortlessly on beautiful chunky cogs along an antique-style rail.

The barn door, as well as adding rustic charm, takes up far less space than a standard portal — especially important for our basement as the room is a little on the narrow side.

In simple terms, a little early planning reaped seriously useful spatial rewards.

Excited by progress, we eagerly tore away the threadbare, stained carpet and replaced it with engineered wooden planking by Kentwood.

Engineered flooring, we should report, is so much more stable in basement application where moisture issues can be problematic.

In essence, should solid wood become wet, it runs the risk of buckling, or cupping to give the problem its technical name.

Engineered boards, on the other hand (with these, a solid timber sliver sits atop a composite base) are more resilient to problems of this type.

Always check specifications with your flooring professional to ensure you choose the best product for your job. As we’ve said before, “To fail to plan is to plan to fail.”

Our project reaching its conclusion, we turned our attention to visual and tactile layering with a cow hide rug from Ikea and a raft of modern furniture from Sunpan.

This very balanced mix of modern pieces (set into a rustic environment) is a great way in which to update traditional cottage style.

Finally, we framed our new patio doors using Robert Allen drapery.

The gentle plaid suffuses our project with just the right amount of ‘highland hideaway’ chic. Well we are Scottish. And if we can’t have a brave heart at the cottage, who can?

Colin and Justin are regular home and design experts in print and on TV. Find their international product range in stores like HomeSense, Winners and Marshalls. facebook.com/ColinJustin, twitter.com/colinjustin, colinandjustin.tv.

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Dear Debbie: We live in a country house and I am planning to paint our bedroom. I’d like to create a well-worn, comfortable style that suits an old iron headboard and handmade quilt. Bedside tables are mismatched wood. Are paint finishes out of style right now? What would you suggest? — Carolann Dear Carolann: I am asked this question all the time.

Many of us still think that a paint finish refers to mottled sponged walls or horrendous rag rolling but that was ‘so ’90s’.

Paint is rather like food, the ingredient has been around forever but the way it’s handled keeps changing.

DEBBIE Spaghetti, for instance, has TRAVIS been with us for centuries but the sauces change with the times.

Paint is the same, and our very best decorating tool.

Not only is it incredibly inexpensive for the enormous effect or change it can create, but paint can be used in endless different ways. A particular colour can make our space look bigger or smaller or change our mood in an instant.

Paint can help us completely reinvent a piece of outdated furniture, or trick us into thinking our walls are higher than they really are.

So back to the question, are paint finishes out of style?

Absolutely not!

A coat of paint can add style and new life to the simplest item. And simple is hot right now.

I have been collecting old ladders — apple and olive picking ladders, even old, wooden painter’s ladders from markets and yard sales. They will be used as towel racks in the boutique hotel I am building in Tuscany.

In the picture shown here, I applied a matte white paint for the top two-thirds of the ladder and an elegant, stony beige on the bottom third.

This took me a couple of hours, and it looks fabulous.

I also painted an old zinc pail in a delicious shade of apple green, and it will be used to store rolled up towels.

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Lighter, quieter, more polite yard tools No matter how long yard can benefit from the winter has been for and, as you’d expect, you, you can count on the the noise on the Ryobi grass growing again each RY4210 electric model spring. is very low, yet power is And while also surprisphotosyntheingly high. sis always This model means there handles evwill be a place erything that for weed eatmy small gas ers, chainsaws trimmer does, and hedge but without trimmers for the hassles, yard work, the fumes and viaverage urban bration. and suburban The batCanadian no tery typically longer needs lasts for an the power of hour of trimgasoline to ming, and it STEVE prune back takes about MAXWELL the growth. an hour and The troua half to rebles involved charge a dead in storing battery. The gas and keeping it fresh $129 cost of an extra batare one thing, but then tery isn’t cheap, but the there’s the noise, vibra- initial cost of the trimtion and fumes of gas- mer with charger and powered yard tools. one battery is a very reaThis is why manufac- sonable $199. turers have been trying I did have trouble to bring electric versions with a malfunctioning to market for decades. charger during my tests, I say ‘trying’ because I but Ryobi’s three-year can’t honestly say any of warranty covers any isthose old models from sues like these. the past could compete Regardless of whether with gas for power and you use a gas or electric practicality. string trimmer, be careSure, vintage electric ful when working around yard tools are quieter trees. and easier to get along Trimmers can do a lot with than their gas cous- more damage than meets ins, but what’s the point the eye. Even large trees if they can’t handle the can be killed by repeatwork? ed damage from a small The supremacy of gas string trimmer, and the yard power was chal- reason has to do with the lenged in a big way last way trees grow. spring, and the same The area under the lithium ion battery rev- bark is the most acolution taking place in tive place for new tree computers, cellphones growth, and it’s also the and construction tools is place where nutrients how it happened. and water travel up the Ryobi’s 40-volt yard tree to the leaves. tools are currently the If you damage the bark best example of a line here and cut through the of cordless lithium-ion growth layer, you cut off electric models that of- the supply lines that feed fer all the virtues of gas- the foliage. free, light-weight operThe whole tree dies ation, while also being while still standing tall. able to actually do the There wouldn’t be job. anything worth readLast summer and fall, ing about in all this if it I tested the string trim- weren’t for lithium-ion mer, hedge clippers and batteries. chainsaw, and I continue They’re changing the to be impressed. entire cordless tool inThey’re all great, dustry by delivering though I think the string much longer run times trimmer will prove most between charges and useful to most homeown- more powerful tools, all ers. from a surprisingly light The Ryobi string trim- battery weight. mer is designed in the These aren’t just usual way, with a length words, either. I make it of plastic string that cuts a point to test cordless grass and weeds as it tool batteries under load spins. String trimmers all the time, and it’s surare the kind of tool every prising how much better

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PAINTS: Try pastels For your country bedroom walls, choose a luscious pastel shade such as a pale cornflower blue.

Antique the bedside tables with a green base coat and top with aged white, applied and then rubbed back to show some of the green.

Your quilts will complete the charming yet simple look.

Dear Debbie: We are planning to sell our house in a couple of years and we are sprucing it up now.

I have watched many television shows about selling property and they all seem to advise a neutral white throughout.

We would still like to enjoy the house before we sell and I find all white or beige a little bland.

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Thanks for your helpful advice. — Linda Dear Linda: I completely understand your thinking. What I have come to label ‘realtor ready’ homes are whitewashed to please anyone looking to buy.

However, I think that the view of realtors is changing.

They have found that buyers find it difficult to imagine a plain white space unique and stylish.

Now the thought is to add a little personality to make your home stand out from the competition.

This has always worked beautifully for me when I have sold my own homes.

I suggest nothing too wild, but maybe a few accent walls of a favourite colour, and an entrance with a fabulous wallpaper pattern. This way it is your home that you can enjoy for the next few years, and a sellable

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This line trimmer operates on batteries, but power and run time are more than time are more than enough for small and medium-size yards. voltage and power holds up during use compared with older style nickel cadmium batteries.

It won’t be long before that wonderful smell of fresh-cut grass will be wafting around every neighbourhood in Canada this spring.

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ther.

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since 1988. Follow Steve’s blog at www.realrurallife. com.

house when the time comes.

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STANG Rose Agatha Feb. 4, 1922 - April 21, 2014 Rose Stang passed away peacefully at the Ponoka Hospital at the age of 92.

Rose was born to Anton and Philomena Rissling in Macklin, Saskatchewan. She was the youngest of five children.

Rose married Elmer Stang in 1946 and they farmed in the Ferrybank and Usona districts until 1990 when they retired to Ponoka. Rose is survived by her children Donna (Bob) Smith, Brent† (Debi) and Margo Stang (Gordon), grandchildren Rhonda (Dale) Girard, Colleen (Kevin) Halwa, Tara Smith, Ben Stang and Veronica Stang, and greatgrandchildren Emily and Dryden Girard, and Nicholas and Kennedy Halwa. She was predeceased by her husband Elmer in 2004, sisters Ludwina (William) Schlosser, Margaret (Mike) Leibel, and Mary (John) Kudel, brother Mike (Kay) Rissling, and grandson Samuel Stang. A Prayer Vigil will be held at St. Augustine Catholic Church in Ponoka on Monday, May 5, 2014 at 7:00 p.m. The Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at St. Augustine Catholic Church in Ponoka on Tuesday, May 6, 2014 at 2:00 p.m. Interment will follow at the Forest Home Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Alberta or to a charity of your choice.

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BERRY Wayne Interment will take place May 3, 2014 at 12 noon at Raven Church Cemetery on Hwy 54. Potluck memorial lunch to follow at Gwendale Hall, 5 miles south of Raven Campground.

DEDUL Diana J. Dedul of Bluffton, AB passed away peacefully at the Rimbey Hospital and Care Centre, Rimbey, on Monday, April 21, 2014 at the age of 60 years. Diana will be lovingly remembered and sadly missed by her beloved parents, Mary and Ralph Dietz of Red Deer, AB; her two sons Shawn Dedul (Christina Gourley) of Arcola, SK, and Dennis Dedul (Serena Stanley) of Frog Lake, AB; four cherished grandchildren; as well as other relatives and close friends. A service in celebration of Diana’s life will be announced at a later date.

Cremation took place at the Central Alberta Crematorium, Red Deer. If friends desire, memorial tributes in Diana’s memory may be made directly to the David Thompson Health Trust, c/o Rimbey Hospital and Care Centre, Box 440, Rimbey, AB T0C 2J0 or to the charity of ones choice.

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Chinook’s Edge School Division No. 73 invites applications for a full-time temporary Administrative Support position at the Coming Facility Services Events Department in Innisfail effective June 2014 for one THE RED DEER (1) year. The successful CHAMBER SINGERS candidate will report invite you to attend†our directly to the Director of ANNUAL SPRING Facility Services, ensuring CONCERT, the effective and efficient CARNIVAL OF MELODIES, operation of the Facility featuring an array of ear Services team on a pleasing music from opera, day-to-day basis. musical theatre, swing, Responsibilities will include popular and traditional providing friendly, choral settings. professional service, acting Saturday, May 24, 2014, as the initial point of 7:00 pm.† Sunnybrook contact for the Facility United Church.

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HALL Patrick God, life, the greater intelligence gave witness to the departure of our beloved brother in the early hours of April the 16th, 2014 in the aftermath of a lunar eclipse.

Patrick, the warrior he was, had succumbed to mental fatigue; had fought his last battle on the world stage.

Patrick was delivered into the world 50 years ago with a legacy of Acadian, Scottish and a dash of Irish blood in his DNA. Patrick’s acts of love and compassion are as humble as they are farreaching. He has served in soup kitchens, served as a life-line for his best friend of 20 years who was housebound, and served as the third adult in helping to raise his sister’s three wonderful children. Patrick had a passion and that was cooking. His colleagues, at the last restaurant he worked at said “how lucky we were to have met such a genuine and wonderful man as Patrick was.” In his youth, he was a dedicated boxer and won many fights, both inside and outside of the ring.

Patrick, the form we remember him as, will disintegrate into the lap of mother earth; will perish into nothingness. The good he brought to the world is added to the pool of strength and love we can draw upon to purge our demons, get it right with those around us, and enjoy life as it is meant to be enjoyed - as when Patrick, engulfed in the joy of play, would box and goof around with his dear nephews and niece. Patrick leaves behind his mother and step father Mary and John Neeleman, his father and step mother Ray and Rita Hall, his sister Donna Hall and husband Sidney Jarratt with whom he lived for almost 25 years and their children Molly, Patrick, and Jason whom he loved, nurtured, and protected, brothers Peter and Steven and their wives and children.

The grief felt for Patrick now comes and goes as the ebb and flow of the Bay of Chaleur, where he was born.

From all of us, thank you Patrick for all you have done.

Donation can be made to Landmark East under the Patrick Hall fund. Service will be held at Bethany Baptist Church on April 30 at 1:30 on street 3901-44st (north of Eastview middle school).

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HEER Lyle Barry Sept. 28, 1951 - Apr. 17, 2014 On April 17 Lyle lost his battle with cancer. He passed away peacefully surrounded by his loved ones. Lyle will be forever remembered by his common-law wife Della and her son Jamie Drews (Shelley); his mom Mary; his brother John; uncle Gus; and his cousins. He was predeceased by his father John and brother Jerry. Lyle had a love for old cars and trucks which he took apart and then put back together running. He also loved sledding in the mountains in BC. Lyle also drove water truck for many years for oil rigs and making ice roads. Lyle will be missed by many of his friends of which he had plenty and will be fondly remembered by them as well. Lyle’s family would like to say thank you to Dr. Chan and the Hospital Staff in Ponoka for all the care that they gave Lyle and his loved ones. Thank you again. To express condolences to Lyle’s family, please visit www.womboldfuneralhomes.com.

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Brier Roebie Francisco Bradley born on Tuesday, April 8, 2014 @1848 hrs. weighing 8 lbs. 4 oz.

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FRANK BARTKO Aug. 10, 1932 - Apr. 26, 2007 7 years ago today the Lord came and took my soul away.

You can no longer see me, but know I am there.

I am the sunflowers in the garden.

I am the wind beneath your hair.

The memories that I left behind shall forever be with you.

As for my grandbabies I never met, know that I am with you as you grow.

Ever missed by Beatrice, Kathleen, Elizabeth, Donna and families HUMPHREY In loving memory of Warren who passed away April 27, 2001 Though your face we cannot see And your hand we cannot touch We will always cherish the memories Of the one we loved so much.

We thank you for the years we shared The love you gave, the way you cared.

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LEWIS Evan, Kelsey and big brother Bodhi are thrilled to announce the arrival of Saffron Jean, born March 3rd, 2014 at 7:54 pm weighing 8lbs 5oz.

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Please submit resumes: position offers a challenging Assistants Fax resume w/ref’s to work environment, attractive Attn: Human Resources 403-885-7006 Attn: Val Black benefits with competitive Email: If you are a team player pay and signifi cant room hr@bearspawpet.com interested in the oil and CROSS CITY Fax: (403) 258-3197 or for promotion. gas industry, please JANITORIAL CO Please submit resumes Mail to: Suite 5309, submit your resume, SEEKING A F/T COM/ 333-96 Ave. NE current driver’s abstract WINDOW CLEANING SUP Attn: Human Resources Calgary, AB T3K 0S3 and current safety for RD and area. email:kwolokoff@ certificates to the following: Req: fluent in written bearspawpet.com Fax 403-887-4750 and oral english, 2- 3 years jjudson@1strateenergy.ca Fax 403-252-9719 exp in a supervisory roll, Mail: Suite 5309 333 96 or contact Jeanine at clean driving record, Ave. NE Calgary, AB T3K 0S3 403-887-2147 criminal record check, job physically demanding.

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CLASS 1 driver w/5 yrs. exp. and oilfield tickets.

Email resume: jkinsella @xplornet.com Classifieds...costs so little Saves you so much!

LINE LOCATOR ASSISTANT

First Aid, H2S and PSTS, valid driver’s licence req’d.

Need to be physically fit.

Resume by fax 403-227-1398 or email info@accutechcanada.ca

Professionals

Professionals

CENTRAL ALBERTA’S DAILY NEWSPAPER

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Applicants must have previous mechanical or civil engineering experience with experience in sales an asset. Proform offers excellent wages and benefits.

Apply online at:

Parkland Youth Homes is a non-profit, dynamic, learning organization that is passionate about providing quality service to youth and families in the Red Deer area. We are seeking qualified, motivated individuals to fill the following positions:

- TEAM LEADER (FULL TIME) - FAMILY SUPPORT WORKER (FULL TIME) - YOUTH & FAMILY COUNSELLORS (FULL TIME)

by email to:

jobs@proform.ca or by fax to:

403-347-4980

Become An Optician Would you like to become an Optician?

Earn your Diploma in Optical Sciences at NAIT’s 2 year program

- YOUTH COUNSELLOR - RESIDENTIAL (FRI/SAT OVERNIGHTS)

Requirements • Grade 12, GED, or assessed equivalent • Must be a Canadian Citizen Enrollment starts May 1 - Aug. 15, 2014 Course cost $3,000/yr. Employer will payroll deduction for assistance, if required.

- YOUTH COUNSELLORS (RELIEF) Please visit our website

www.parklandyouthhomes.ca for more information.

Applicants are sincerely thanked in advance for their interest. Only those selected for an interview will be contacted. Competition closes when positions are filled.

Resumes can be emailed to:

HR@parklandyouthhomes.ca Faxed to: 403-346-3225

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or forwarded to: Human Resources Parkland Youth Homes Society 4920 54 St., Red Deer, AB, T4N 2G8

www.proformconcrete.com

Earn While You Learn Full Time Employment 40hrs/wk Training & Practicum hours provided to successful candidate.

Mon-Fri 10-7, Sat 9-6 Medical/Dental Benefits To arrange for an interview

Please call (403) 347-7889 EYEWEAR LIQUIDATORS 4924-59 Street, Red Deer, Alberta

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Adanac Insurance Services Ltd.

Wolf Creek Public Schools

invites applications for the following position:

Full Time

Teacher, Ponoka Secondary Campus

Must be licensed

For further specifics on the above position, please visit Wolf Creek Public Schools’ website at www.wolfcreek .ab.ca, or contact the Division Office at 403-783-3473.

CSR Please forward your resume:

Fax:

IT NETWORK ADMINISTRATOR required FULL TIME for Red Deer Must have min 3 years HANDS ON verifiable employment which is current. Own vehicle, clean drivers abstract, criminal background check necessary. Please send resume to: stevel@telus. net at Longhurst Consulting or Fax: 403-309-3920 TOO MUCH STUFF? Let Classifieds help you sell it.

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CALKINS CONSULTING o/a Tim Hortons 15 vacancies at each location for FOOD COUNTER ATTENDANTS for 3 locations $10.88/hr. + benefits. F/T & P/T positions. Permanent shift work, weekends, days, nights, evenings. Start date as soon as possible.

No experience or education req’d. Job description avail. at www.timhortons.com Apply in person to 6620 Orr Drive. Red Deer, 6017 Parkwood Road, Blackfalds, or 4924-46 St. Lacombe. Fax: 403-782-9685 or Call 403-848-2356 RAMADA INN & SUITES req’s. Permanent Room Attendants. Exp. not nec. will train. Approx. 35 - 40 hrs/wk. Rate: $12.75 $14/hr. Duties incl’d but not limited to: vacuuming, dusting, washing floors, making beds, empty trash, disinfecting & cleaning bathrooms. Performance based bonus program.

Must be fluent with verbal l& written English, be physically fit. Applicants may apply in person at 6853 - 66 St. Red Deer T4P 3T5 or fax 403-342-4433 or email: info@ramadareddeer.com

800 SOUTHPOINTE COMMON and BOWER PLACE Mall Locations.

Positions for SUPERVISORS. Looking for motivated and hard working individuals. Having your own transportation is a plus. On the job training, but experience in fast food is an asset, and must be avail. to work all store location hours.

Please specify which store you are applying for, and if you require an LMO to work in Canada. Email resume to awbsp@ xplornet.ca

Canyon Technical Services is a leader in the oilfield service industry, providing customized fracturing and pressure pumping solutions to oil and gas producers across the Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin. At Canyon, our employees are ‘Champions’, dedicated to fulfilling our Vision of “improving the industry one job at a time” - our ‘Champions’ have made Canyon one of the most sought-after providers in our industry. If you are looking for a career within a leading organization that promotes Integrity, Relationships, Innovation and Success, then Canyon is looking for you! Canyon is preparing for an extremely busy 2014/2015 and are looking for qualified employees.

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MILLWRIGHTS & ELECTRICIANS

#115, 5114 - 58 Street Red Deer, AB T4N 2L8

WATERWORKS ESTIMATOR/ SALESPERSON

850

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Email: info@adanacinsurance.com

Proform Precast Products is looking for an energetic and outgoing individual to work as our

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IS HIRING!

403-341-4270

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GRATIAE is seeking FT MACHINIST – CUSTOM MUFFLER 5 Retails Sales reps ROCKY MTN. HOUSE Looking for apprentice or selling skin & body care 4TH YR. APPRENTICE journeyman mechanic. products in Parkland Mall OR JOURNEYMAN Pipe bending skills would 4747 67th St. Red Deer, Machinist W/ Red Seal be a great asset. Wages $12.10/hr + bonus & comm. Position requires a HIGH depend on exp. Going F/T - P/T No Exp. Req’d. degree of skill operating concern shop. Fax Email resumes: manual Lathes, Milling resume to:403-346-9909 TR3 Energy is at the gratiaereddeersr@ Machines & Drill Press. or drop off at 2410 50 Ave. forefront of reclamation gmail.com Public/Co-worker Phone 403-346-7911 and remediation in the oil communications a must; & gas industry SOAP Stories is seeking 5 welding skills an asset.

F/T - P/T Beauty TreatCNC experience NOT We are currently ment O/P, selling soap & DAIRY equipment supplier required. Competitve recruiting for: bath products $14.55/hr. + looking for a detail oriented wages and benefits. bonus & comm. Beauty Heavy Equipment PARTS PERSON/ Please fax: 403-844-2634 cert. req’d. Location LABOURER Operators & Parkland Mall - 4747 67th or email: gtdblh@telus.net Strong computer skills and Only successful applicants Labourers St. Red Deer. email clean Class 5 req. will be contacted. premierjobrdbto@ Competitive wage and Requirements: gmail.com benefits package. Email Something for Everyone Valid Driver’s License resume: lindsay@ SOAP Stories is seeking 5 Everyday in Classifieds H2S Alive prolineinc.ca retail sales reps. Selling soap Standard First Aid & bath products. $12.10 hr Classifieds...costs so little WHIMIS and/or + bonus & commission.

Saves you so much!

CSTS or PST Pre-Access A&D Testing F/T & P/T. No exp. req’d.

Parkland Mall 4747 67 St. Ground Disturbance Level 11 Red Deer. email resume to Please e-mail or fax your premierjobrd@gmail.com resume to: hr@tr3energy.com Teachers/ EVRAZ Red Deer is accepting Fax: (403) 294-9323 Tutors www.tr3energy.com applications for Central Alberta’s Largest JOURNEYMAN RED SEAL Car Lot in Classifieds

Salary is commensurate with experience.

NOW HIRING

Well Testing Personnel Experienced Supervisors & Operators Must have valid applicable tickets Email: lstouffer@ testalta.com

PARKLAND YOUTH HOMES SOCIETY Red Deer, Alberta

Oilfield

RED Deer based acid hauling company looking for Class 1 truck drivers.

Top industry wages and benefits package. Please fax resume and drivers abstract to 403-346-3766

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required for Ponoka, Sylvan Lake & Rocky Mountain House area.

Must have min. 3 yrs exp. operating gas wells/plunger systems & field compression/dehydration.

Contract operators need not apply. E-mail resume’s to: ken.webster@altagas.ca or fax 403-347-0855

LOCAL SERVICE CO. in Red Deer REQ’S EXP. VACUUM TRUCK OPERATOR Must have Class 3 licence w/air & all oilfield tickets.

Fax resume w/drivers abstract to 403-886-4475

Valid Candidates must have H2S, First Aid, PST &/or CSTS Please send resume to info@proflo.net or fax: 403-341-4588

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F/T PLANT FIELD OPERATOR

& Testing Assistants

publishes advertisements from companies, corporations and associations from across Canada seeking personnel for long term placements.

800

Oilfield

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BJT PLUMBING, a well established Sylvan Lake company has an immediate opening for a 4th Yr Apprentice Plumber or Journeyperson Plumber.

Fax resume to 403-887-3180 or call 403-887-3287 for more details.

to work at our pipe making facility in Red Deer, Alberta. Individuals must be at least 18 years of age, safety conscious, able to work overtime and shift work, and able to perform some heavy lifting. All selected applicants will be required to attend and pass a medical/physical assessment, as well as drug and alcohol screening arranged by EVRAZ Red Deer.

Wages range from $32.68 to $35.40/hr. In addition; employees are eligible for shift premiums, performance, attendance and safety bonuses. Evraz offers an excellent benefit and pension package.

Applications may be completed in person at the Security office; 27251 Township Road 391, Red Deer, AB, or resumes can be emailed to reddeerhr@evrazna.com.

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OIL & GAS OPERATOR

Oilfield

We thank all applicants for their interest; however only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

Celebrate your life with a Classified ANNOUNCEMENT

C & C COATINGS in Innisfail is seeking F/T Sandblasters and Painters exp. with Endura an asset.

Competitive wages and benefits. Fax resume to: 403-227-1165.

GOODMEN ROOFING LTD. Requires

SLOPED ROOFERS LABOURERS & FLAT ROOFERS Valid Driver’s Licence preferred. Fax or email info@goodmenroofing.ca or (403)341-6722 NO PHONE CALLS PLEASE!

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Recently winning the 2013 Business of the Year award, Bilton Welding and Manufacturing Ltd. designs, engineers and manufactures custom energy equipment. Since 1992, Bilton has worked with engineering firms and oil and natural gas producers around the globe to develop their own equipment standards for size, capacity and any number of technical specifications. We operate seven manufacturing facilities in Innisfail, Alberta and have recently expanded our facilities into Calgary Alberta.

We employ over 175 people and provide ample opportunities to employees to achieve their career goals. We provide handson training and an opportunity to work on some of the most interesting projects and applications in the energy sector.

If you would like to be a part of our growing and dynamic team of professionals in your field, we are currently seeking both -

JOURNEYMAN AND B PRESSURE WELDERS

for full-time permanent shop positions We offer competitive starting Wages and benefits packages including Health, RRSP and Tool Allowance programs.

Please fax resume to 403-227-7796, email to hr@bilton.ca

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1ST RATE ENERGY SERVICES INC., a growing Production Testing company, based out of Sylvan Lake, is currently accepting resumes for the following positions:

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Oilfield

Sales & Distributors

STUDON Electric & Controls Inc. is one of Canada’s Best Managed Companies. We are an industry leading Electrical & Instrumentation Contractor that prides itself in having committed and dedicated employees.

We are hiring for SHUTDOWNS in the Red Deer and Cold Lake area:

JOURNEYMEN ELECTRICIANS & JOURNEYMEN INSTRUMENTATION MECHANICS

The ideal candidates will have the following: • Journeymen Electricians and/or Instrumentation Mechanics with oilfield and/or industrial experience • Fall Protection, CSTS (Version 0.9) • Strong written and verbal communication skills • Committed dedication to safety; reflected in practice and experience • A team player STUDON offers a competitive salary, and an opportunity to apply your skills in a challenging and rewarding environment.

Please forward your resume to the address below. We thank all applicants for their interest; however only those candidates interviewed will be contacted.

STUDON Electric & Controls Inc. ATTN: Leanne Colby Fax # 403-342-6505 Email: lcolby@studon.com “People Pride & Service”

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WE are looking for a F/T or P/T journeyman or apprentice hairstylist for busy family salon in Lacombe. Great wages and benefits packages.

Bring resume to Hairapy at Lacombe Center Mall

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Oilfield

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Hair Stylists

WE’RE EXPANDING OVER BREAKUP! We have the right customers We have the right jobs We have the right equipment Are YOU the right fit?

abou t ou r Ne Star wH ter K ire it fo posit r Fie ions ld - it inclu des $$ in

Class 1 Driver/Operator’s in Fracturing, Coiled Tubing, N2, Cement & Acid Supervisors in Fracturing, Coiled Tubing Journeyman Heavy Equipment Technician Apprentice (3rd or 4th Year) Heavy Equipment Technician

IS HIRING!

Why Canyon? f Paid technical and leadership training f Career advancement opportunities f RRSP matching program

f Premium compensation package f New Equipment f 15/6 Schedule

To apply for the above positions, in confidence, please email or fax your resume and a copy of a current drivers abstract. We thank all applicants; however only those selected for an initial interview will be contacted.

We are currently seeking the following to join our team in Blackfalds for all shifts: - CONCRETE FINISHERS - STEEL REINFORCE LABOURERS - GENERAL LABOURERS Top wages paid based on experience. Full Benefits and Uniform Package included.

Visit our website for more detailed job descriptions at

www.eaglebuilders.ca How to apply:

Applicants are able to apply online or fax resume to 403-885-5516 ATTN: Human Resources

online: canyontech.ca/careers fax: 888 249 3895

or email: hr@eaglebuilders.ca.

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We thank all applicants but only those selected for interviews will be contacted.

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D6 RED DEER ADVOCATE Saturday, April 26, 2014

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Case IH Equipment Dealer in Olds is now accepting applications for a full time

Counter Person or Shipper/Receiver.

Farming background and apprenticeship is an asset.

Applicant must be reliable, self motivated and team oriented.

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If you are looking for a rewarding career with a successful and growing organization, then forward your resume to: FUTURE AG INC. Box 489 Red Deer, AB T4N 5G1 Fax: 403-342-0396 Email: hr@futureag.ca INDIVIDUAL REQUIRED to organize staff for jobs & projects.

Work with the Fin Fan to organize & follow the transportation rules & regulations for maintenance of equipment & log books for Canada & USA. Please fax resume to 403-342-7447 LOOKING for Framers/ carpenters 403-357-9816

PAINTER F/T

Commercial/Residential Brush/Roll Application.

Exp. req’d. Vehicle req’d.

Contact Drew at CCL 403-596-1829 QUICKLINE CRANE INC. in Blackfalds is looking for a

MOBILE CRANE & HOISTING OPERATOR with experience.

Must be a minimum third year apprentice & have good knowledge of truck mount & all terrain cranes.

Competitive salaries includes benefits.

Must have a Class 1 license.

Please submit all resumes by email to: kyle@quicklinecrane.com

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DRIVERS WANTED RED DEER Hallcon is currently seeking qualified drivers to transport rail crews throughout the surrounding area. Drivers are ideally based out of RED DEER. WE ARE OPENING OUR No overnight stays NEW GROCERY STORE required. This position is IN PENHOLD. an on call position.

Now accepting Employees are responsible applications for for taking trips during the DELI MANAGER period they have PRODUCE MANAGER designated themselves Must have previous available to do so. All experience in these transportation is done in departments. Requires Hallcon company vehicles. strong work ethics, be able These vehicles are to lead a team and work extensively and consistently under direct supervision of maintained to ensure store manager. Fax optimal safety for our resume to drivers and clients. Drivers 403-885-5231 or call must possess a valid Class Gerry 403-885-5223 1, 2, or 4 license, with a clean driver abstract.

Assisted licensing upgrade to achieve a class 4 is Truckers/ available. Pay is based at Drivers a rate of $15.38. Earning potential is based on your CLASS 1 or 3 drivers req’d availability, as our for moving equipment. operation runs on a 24/7 Resumes to be dropped off on call basis. Both full time at Key Towing. 4083-78 St. and part time employees Cres. Red Deer. are welcome. Semi-retired, retired, full time, and part time employees are welcome. Please forward resumes and current driver abstract to Shane Flack at asmabnorth@gmail.com.

NO PHONE CALLS PLEASE

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TRUCKERS

Busy road construction company looking for Class 1, Class 3, and winch truck drivers. Work is throughout Alberta. Must have at least 3 yr’s exp. Fax resume to 403-309-0489 NEED EXPERIENCED Class 1 drivers for short and long haul. Full Time.

Runs AB., SASK, Manitoba & BC. Please call PROMAX TRANSPORT at 227-2712 or fax resume w/abstract 403-227-2743

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F/T TRUCK drivers req’d.

Minimum Class 5 with air and clean abstract. Exp. preferred. In person to Key Towing 4083-78 St. Cres.

Red Deer.

RED Deer based acid hauling company looking for Class 1 truck drivers.

Top industry wages and benefits package. Please fax resume and drivers abstract to 403-346-3766

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* Adults * Youths * Seniors * Carriers are Needed to Deliver Central Alberta Life afternoons & evenings one day per week

INNISFAIL The papers arrive ready to deliver.

Requires Full Time

NO COLLECTING!

Carpenters & 2nd to 4th Yr. Apprentices

Phone Loren at 403-314-4316

W.R.SCOTT Equipment a company dealing in compact equipment is looking for a representative to handle equipment, parts, sales & equipment rentals. Applicant must have a valid driver’s licence, basic computer knowledge is an asset.

Please send resume to: dbevan@ wrscottequipment.com or fax 1-780-440-1771 W.R.SCOTT Equipment requires a driver yard person for small compact equipment yard. email resume to: dbevan@ wrscottequipment.com or fax 1-780-440-1771

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************************** To order your own home or office delivery of the Red Deer Advocate Newspaper Phone our Circulation Department at 403-314-4300

* Adults * Youths * Seniors * Carriers are Needed to Deliver Central Alberta Life afternoons & evenings one day per week

SPRINGBROOK The papers arrive ready to deliver.

NO COLLECTING! Phone Loren at 403-314-4316 ************************** To order your own home or office delivery of the Red Deer Advocate Newspaper Phone our Circulation Department at 403-314-4300

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Enjoy a career in the gifting business with The original basket boutique!

We are growing in Red Deer and Alberta.

780.416.2530 or www.obbgiftsfranchise.com

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ADULT CARRIERS NEEDED For morning delivery of the ADVOCATE Delivery by 6:30 a.m.

6 days/week in:

GLENDALE

ACADEMIC Express ADULT EDUCATION AND TRAINING

Call Joanne 403-314-4308 for more info

SPRING START •

GED Preparation Would you like to take the GED in your community?

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Red Deer Rocky Mtn. House Rimbey Hanna Drumheller Innisfail Paintearth Drayton Valley Gov’t of Alberta Funding may be available.

ADULT or YOUTH CARRIERS NEEDED For delivery of Flyers, Express and Sunday Life ONLY 4 DAYS A WEEK

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403-340-1930 www.academicexpress.ca BALMORAL GOLF COURSE requires a mature individual for a CUSTOMER SERVICE POSITION in the proshop/ clubhouse.

Must be available evenings and weekends. Must be over 18. Proserve certif. req’d.

Wage and golf privileges.

Drop off resume at clubhouse or fax to 403-342-9503.

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SHUNDA CONSTRUCTION

Competitive Wages & Benefits.

Fax resumes & ref’s to: 403-343-1248 or email to: admin@shunda.ca

Business Opportunities

WestPark Westpark Cres. & 57 Ave. Wiltshire Blvd. & Welton Cres.

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ATTENTION Students SUMMER WORK flexible schedule, $17 baseappointment, customer sales/service, no exp. necessary, conditions apply. Will train. Call 403-755-6711 www. summeropenings.ca/rda

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Blown-in Attic Insulation Installer

Call Joanne 403-314-4308 info

ANDERS AREA Alwright Close INGLEWOOD AREA

LANCASTER AREA

Contract Sales Administrator

Lancaster Drive

Customer Service Representative-P/T Trail is always looking for people who want opportunities to grow, take initiative and work well within a team environment.

If you are looking for a challenging and rewarding career with Trail Appliances, please submit your resume and cover letter stating the position you are applying for to: reddeerjobs @trail-appliances.com or by fax: (403)342-7168.

We thank all interested applicants; only those chosen for an interview will be contacted. Security checks will be conducted on successful candidates.

MORRISROE AREA Marion Cres / McKenzie Cres

The Village of Elnora is taking applications for the full time position of a seasonal Public Works Assistant.

Estimates season is May to October.

Duties include park maintenance, operating small equipment and waste removal.

Resume and clean driver’s abstract can be addressed to: Elnora Village Office, Box 629, Elnora, AB TOM OYO Ph. 403-773-3922 Fax: 403-773-3173 elnoravl@platinum.ca Deadline: May 2nd, 2014 at 4:00 p.m.

VANIER AREA Valentine Cres. / Vandorp St. Call Prodie @ 403- 314-4301 for more info ********************** TO ORDER HOME DELIVERY OF THE ADVOCATE CALL OUR CIRCULATION DEPARTMENT 403-314-4300

GREEN OASIS F/T or P/T seasonal and year round lawn care positions avail. in our residential, commercial divisions.

Applicators are fully trained to apply fertilizer and/or control products to various landscapes. Applicators are offered comprehensive training, excellent wages (Start at $17/hr w/no exp. + unlimited overtime if wanted).

Please provide the following: • An above average work ethic and people skills • Class 5 operator’s license with minimal demerits • Green industry experience is beneficial but not required to succeed • Environmentally conscious with an enthusiasm for the outdoors Many BONUS Opportunities Available.

Email resume to: reddeer@greenoasis.ca Visit: www.greenoasis.ca

ADULT or YOUTH CARRIERS NEEDED For delivery of Flyers, Express and Sunday Life ONLY 3 DAYS A WEEK in CLEARVIEW RIDGE

WANTED:

SUMMER RECREATION DIRECTOR

Cooper Cl., Carter Cl., Connaught Cres., Churchill Cl. area $195/mo.

OUR SUMMER FUN PROGRAM NEEDS A LEADER!

DEERPARK AREA

This is a 30 hour per week position, beginning June 9th and ending August 29th. $15 per hour.

Preference to post-secondary students. First aid training and a valid driver’s license are definite assets.

Duncan Cres. $71/mo.

Please contact the Elnora Village Office for the detailed position description and position requirements.

MOUNTVIEW AREA

Resumes will be accepted until noon May 9, 2014.

Spruce Drive $62/mo.

ALSO 43 Ave to 46 Ave, between 35 st. & 37 St. $82/mo.

ALSO Springbett Drive & 44 Ave., 37 St. area $51/mo.

ALSO 44 A Ave between 32 St. & 35 St. (Includes 33, 33A & 34 St’s Culde-sacs) $102/mo.

Village of Elnora Box 629, Elnora, AB T0M 0Y0 Phone: 403-773-3922 Fax: 403-773-3173 Email: elnoravl@platinum.ca

Service Coordinator

Ing Close / Ireland Cres.

ELNORA PUBLIC WORKS ASSISTANT

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Town of Blackfalds Employment Opportunities

LABOUR

Busy road construction company looking for Labours. Work is throughout Alberta. Must have a Class 5 license. Fax resume to 403-309-0489

TIMBERSTONE AREA

Company: Blackfalds continues to be a fast growing community with a current population of 7,275, which grows on average 6 – 7% annually. It is nestled halfway between Red Deer and Lacombe in Central Alberta along the North/south Trade Corridor. A ten-minute commute in either direction provides the residents of Blackfalds not only a wide range of employment opportunities and post-secondary educational institutions, but also regional-scale shopping outlets and entertainment.

Through the Municipal Development Plan, the Town is fulfilling its commitment to maintaining a small town atmosphere while expanding the industrial and commercial base and improving the quality of life for its citizens. Affordable housing, a quiet place to live, new recreational facilities, ample business opportunities, close proximity to major transportation routes will continue to increase the population and economy making it easy to say that Blackfalds is...”A Nice Place to Grow!”

NEWSPAPER CARRIERS REQUIRED

Timothy Drive., Turner Cres., Towers Cl., & Tobin Gt. $97/mo.

To deliver 1 day a week in BOWDEN

Call Jamie 403-314-4306

Business Opportunities

Blackfalds residents choose this community because of its quality of life. Results of a recent survey show: 65% of the population indicated they live in the community because of its rural lifestyle, recreational amenities and low crime rate. The remaining 35% prefer the town for its affordable cost of housing and living.

Please call Debbie at 403-314-4307

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RENTAL STORE requires an employee for counter sales. Must have equipment and small engine knowledge. Retail and parts inventory experience are assets.

Must be physically fit. Full time position with OT in busy season. sales@ parklandrentals.com or fax 403-347-7066

“Community Pride” is evident in the participation in community events such as Blackfalds Days held each spring as well as other events throughout the year. It shows up in the well-tended yards and flower gardens throughout the town and it is evident in the response to volunteer needs. People know their neighbors. They watch out for each other’s children and property. They’re like family. If you’d like to live in this kind of community you’d be welcome in Blackfalds! Check out the Town’s excellent Website for the full story: www.blackfalds.com

For detailed information and complete Job descriptions, please visit:

www.blackfalds.com/administration/employment Aquatic Programmer - The Aquatics Programmer’s role is to create and manage all pool programs and

FRANCHISE AVAILABLE! FOR APPROVED LOCATION IN

assist in the supervision of all lifeguard staff and instructors as needed. Ensuring all guests receive quality instruction and that our instructors are meeting the Red Cross or Lifesaving program standards through the delivery of the swim programs.

The Aquatics Programmer assists in the pool chemical and mechanical operations.

RED DEER, AB

(SINGLE OR AREA FRANCHISE) Minimum Investment: Approximately $150,000 unencumbered We Provide: Site Selection & Design Lease Negotiations Construction Administration Training & Operations Support Menu Development Marketing For more information, contact:

Aquatic Shift Supervisor - Responsible for maintaining the aquatic area ensuring hazards are minimized or removed, water quality is maintained and all rules and guidelines are being enforced by staff. Shift supervisors will also providing direction and guidance to the lifeguards and instructors while on shift.

Lifeguard & Swim Instructor - Lifeguards are responsible for the safety of the guests of the Aquatic

Centre. They also provide positive guest service and educate guests about aquatic rules and procedures, providing first aid when necessary, and completing administrative and maintenance duties related to the position. Instructors are responsible for providing swimming instruction and evaluations for all levels of the Red Cross Swim Program. They are also responsible for the safety supervision of guests participating in aquatic instruction and for all applicable administration.

Lifeguard - Lifeguards are responsible for the safety of the guests of the Aquatic Centre. They also provide positive guest service and educate guests about aquatic rules and procedures, providing first aid when necessary, and completing administrative and maintenance duties related to the position.

SAFETY PERSON

Busy road construction company looking for safety person. Work is throughout the province. Experience is an asset but willing to train the right person. Must have a valid Class 5 driver’s license. Fax resume 403-309-0489 SUMMER Receptionist Openings Local Red Deer Office looking for appointment setters during our busy season. Ideal for students or someone searching for Part-Time. Pay starts at $11.00/hr. Must be avail.

Sundays. Call 403-755-8163 to APPLY NOW.

Chris Chan

Swim Instructor - Instructors are responsible for providing swimming instruction and evaluations for all levels of the Red Cross Swim Program. They are also responsible for the safety supervision of guests participating in aquatic instruction and for all applicable administration.

President 1-800-927-0366 cchan@smittys.ca

Public Works Operator l - This position is an entry level operator position where general labour functions are combined with operation of light duty fleet vehicles, mechanized tools and equipment, as well as minimal operation of smaller self propelled equipment relating to the maintenance of road and sidewalk systems, water distribution systems, waste water and storm water collection systems.

SMITTY’S™ CANADA LIMITED 600 – 501 18th Ave SW Calgary, AB T2S 0C7 www.smittys.ca

Resumes can be dropped off in person at the Town Office (5018 Waghorn Street), or by email to hr@blackfalds.com or via fax: 403-885-4610.

We thank all applicants for their interest, but advise that only candidates selected for an interview will be contacted.

Central Alberta Greenhouses Ltd Greenhouse Laborers

Family owned and operated since 1974, Trail Appliances is one of the leading independent appliance retailers in Western Canada.

Trail offers excellent training & a competitive compensation & benefit plan.

We are currently looking to expand our workforce at our Red Deer location 2823 Bremner Ave.

CARRIERS NEEDED

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FOR FLYERS, RED DEER SUNDAY LIFE & EXPRESS ROUTES IN:

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Blown-In Attic Insulation required for our greenInstallers required, house operation located must have experience driving near Blackfalds, Alberta. a 3 ton truck with van.

Responsibilities include Duties: Install attic transplanting, watering, insulation into houses, handling and caring for shops and barns, etc., plant material and preparadrive 3 ton trucks to and tion of orders. This position Bench Dog Ind is looking from job sites, maintain is labor intensive and for a landscape Laborer. trucks and equipment. entails working in a Starting May 5. $17 per If you are reliable, take cold/hot environment. hour or higher depending pride in your job and have Laborers are required to on experience. Previous your own transportation to experience in landscaping, and from work with a clean work a minimum 40 hours per week and must be paving stones and Allan class 5 driver’s license, available to work different Block an asset. Must have please apply. shifts, 6 days a week. transportation and a NON We offer: 40+work week, Positions are available SMOKER. Contact Richard benefits & safety program. starting April and last till at benchdogind@yahoo.

Resumes will be accepted mid June. No previous com or fax resume to 403BY EMAIL ONLY, work experience or 782-2257 please no phone calls. qualifications are Only those required. Starting wage is selected will be contacted $10.03/hr.

DISPATCHER REQ’D. for an interview. Email: Please email resume to Knowledge of Red Deer bbcowie@telus.net acctcag@telus.net or fax and area is essential. resume to 403-885-4147 Verbal and written (Attn. Human Resources). communication skills are Resumes may also be req’d. Send resume by fax mailed to Box 100, to 403-346-0295 Blackfalds, Alberta, T0M 0J0.

The easy way to find a buyer for items you want to PLACE an ad in Central sell is with a Red Deer Alber ta LIFE and reach Advocate want ad. Phone over 100,000 potential buy- 309-3300. ers. 309-3300.

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Wanted: Hard Working individual to work minimum 4 days a week for a local landscaping / deck, fence building company.

Experience with power tools an asset. Call 403 392-5124

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Tools

GAS powered pressure washer 3 gpm, 2000 psi, 5.5 Honda engine $199 403-755-2760

TRAINING CENTRE OILFIELD TICKETS

Industries #1 Choice!

“Low Cost” Quality Training

403.341.4544

24 Hours Toll Free 1.888.533.4544

(across from Totem) (across from Rona North)

CLASSIFICATIONS 1500-1990

1530

Reminder Antique & Estate Auction

Sunday April 27 11 am * Viewing 9 am Location: Ridgewood Community Hall Partial List only Kubota 3 pt hitch garden tiller – Tamper – Antiques – Collectables – Furniture – Misc and much more Complete list and Directions visit www.cherryhillauction. com Police Bike Auction June 1 Terms of Sale: Cash, Cheque, C/C, Everything must be paid for & removed on sale day (NO EXCEPTIONS), 15% buyer’s premium.

Sale subject to Additions, Deletions, Errors and Omissions.

Cherry Hill Auction & Appraisals Phone 403-342-2514 or 403-347-8988

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WOMEN’S SKETCHERS, Size 6 runners.

Only worn twice.

Stone/brown in colour.

Low density workout shoe.

Shape up while you walk or jog. Asking $50.

403-227-2976 WOMEN’S SKETCHERS, Size 6 runners.

Only worn twice.

Stone/brown in colour.

Low density workout shoe.

Shape up while you walk or jog. Asking $50.

403-227-2976

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EquipmentHeavy

AFFORDABLE

TRAILERS for sale or rent Job site, office, well site or storage. Skidded or wheeled. Call 347-7721.

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2 BDRM. w/fireplace, 4 appls, water/sewer/garbage incld, avail. May 1, SD $650 rent $1025 403-304-5337 ACROSS from park, 3 bdrm. 4-plex, 1 1/2 bath, 4 appls. Rent $1175/mo. d.d. $650. Avail. June 1st 403-304-5337

HYDRAULIC jacks, 2 & 3 ton, $10/ea, oxygen acetylene Victor regulator set $35, chrome microwave LOGS Semi loads of pine, spruce, $20, window air condition- Suites er $35, scoop shovel $10, tamarack, poplar. scoop shovel Price depends on location. large 1 BDRM. FURNISHED, $15 403-887-4981 Lil Mule Logging bright, N/S, lower suite in 403-318-4346 quiet home. Close to downJIG SAW PUZZLES & town/bus routes/ trails, avail.

Now Offering Hotter, Cleaner MISC. BOOKS. $2/ea.

May-July. Enjoy garden BC Birch. All Types. P.U. / 587-273-3436 bouquets on sunny deck.

Delivery. Lyle 403-783-2275 Newer appls. w/Nikken air OAKLEY Sunglasses & water filtration sys., model D Whisker Silver Garden www.nikken.com/Wellness /00BLK IRID, polar, HomesandWorkplaces.

Supplies never used, $85.

Indoor cat considered. $750 403-352-8811 + 1/3 utils. 403-343-9372 TREES: Windbreak, privacy screen, white spruce trees 5’-7’ delivered Pets & 3 BDRM trailer in Alix. Lrg & planted $60 ea. on 25 or fenced yard, shed. No pets. more. 20+ yrs experience Supplies May 1st. 403-348-6594 (780)778-0223.

LARGE and medium dog kennel $75 & AVAIL. IMMED. large 2 Household $40 403-506-7117 bdrm. in clean quiet adult Appliances building, near downtown Co-Op, no pets, KENMORE White 403-348-7445 microwave oven 800W, $30. Cats 403-352-8811 EASTVIEW, 1 bdrm. bsmt.

BALINESE KITTENS suite, fully furnished, n/s, no (2) $50. ea.

Household pets, $750/MO, for single Burman Kittens Furnishings $875 for dbl. Utils. incld.

(2) $50. ea.

Avail. immed.

403-887-3649 403-782-9357 or 352-1964 ELECRIC fireplace, stone with brown wood trim. $150. 403-346-9635 Sporting GLENDALE reno’d 2 bdrm.

Goods apartments, avail. immed, WANTED rent $875 403-596-6000 Antiques, furniture and GUN SHOW estates. 342-2514 May 3 - May 4 LARGE, 1 & 2 BDRM. UFA Agri Centre West Misc. for SUITES. 25+, adults only Info: 403-347-3767 n/s, no pets 403-346-7111 Sale MULE DEER head on shield $150, antlers 2 INDIAN WAR SHIELDS mounted on shield $50 in great cond. 4x2, $195.

403-314-2026 403-347-7405

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2 PRAIRIE TEEPEE ALL FUR FLOOR MATS. Great cond. $195.

403-347-7405

TAILOR MADE driver RH 1 & 2 bdrm., Avail. immed.

Adult bldg. N/S No pets 320TI 360 10.5 degree 403-755-9852 TS-100 shaft, very good cond, $60 403-346-0093

2 WOOL ACCENT MATCHING 5X7 CARPETS & 1 matching oval. $45 Clean, will sell separately.

DAVID WINTER COLLECTORS HOUSES in original boxes. $10/ea.

CANNON K920 Copier machine w/metal stand.

Exc. cond. $60 403-352-8811

Newly renovated bachelor, TREADMILL Tempo 611.

1 & 2 bedroom suites $375 obo. Call 403-347-5306 available in central location. leasing@rentmidwest.com 1(888) 679-8031

ALUMINUM 4’ ladder $8, 2/3 of 15kg. bag of Oil-Dri all purpose absorbent $8, hose reel cart portable $35, galvanized garbage can $10; Coleman cooler 22” x 13” alum., $15; power rake blades for lawn mower 2@15”, 1@16”, all for $10, 5 outdoor wrought iron brackets for hanging plants $4/ea, new 20 oz. wet mop $6, timer Mastercraft 24 hr. single cycle $5, desk fan, 3 spd, $10, 25 legal file holders $10, chrome plated wine rack holds 12 bottles $10, ice scraper $8, wallmount bike rack set of 2 $5.

403-314-2026 DOWNSIZING - Everything must go. 403-340-1347

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Travel Packages

TRAVEL ALBERTA Alberta offers SOMETHING for everyone.

Make your travel plans now.

1 & 2 bdrm. adult building, N/S. No pets.

403-596-2444

AGRICULTURAL

CLASSIFICATIONS 2000-2290

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Horses

WANTED: all types of horses. Processing locally in Lacombe weekly.

403-651-5912

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3080

1 -4 pc bath, non drinking, no drugs, no parties, smoking ok. Household privileges, cable internet, washer, dryer.

Female pref. pet friendly.

Serious enquiries only. $540/mo. Avail. immed.

403-356-1766 / 877-9177

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Realtors & Services

rentals Buying or Selling your home?

Check out Homes for Sale in Classifieds

CALL CLASSIFIEDS

309-3300

TO ADVERTISE YOUR PROPERTY HERE!

CLASSIFICATIONS

FOR RENT • 3000-3200 WANTED • 3250-3390

Condos/ Townhouses

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SOUTHWOOD PARK 3110-47TH Avenue, 2 & 3 bdrm. townhouses, generously sized, 1 1/2 baths, fenced yards, full bsmts. 403-347-7473, Sorry no pets. www.greatapartments.ca

2 parking stalls, 4914-46 St. RD. 403-346-5885

4010

Call GORD ING at RE/MAX real estate central alberta 403-341-9995 gord.ing@remax.net

Houses For Sale

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2 SPEC HOMES Ready for your colours.

Can be shown at any time.

10 & 98 MacKenzie Cres.

Lacombe. 403-588-8820

DEER PARK 22 Doran Cres. fully finished 1450 sq. ft. bungalow Fanta home, 5 bdrms, 3 bath, Listed on kijiji 403-343-1683 FREE Weekly list of properties for sale w/details, prices, address, owner’s phone #, etc. 342-7355 Help-U-Sell of Red Deer www.homesreddeer.com

INDIVIDUAL & BUSINESS Accounting, 30 yrs. of exp. with oilfield service companies, other small businesses and individuals RW Smith, 346-9351

VELOX EAVESTROUGH Cleaning & Repairs.

Reasonable rates. 340-9368

MASSAGE ABOVE ALL WALK-INS WELCOME 4709 Gaetz Ave. 346-1161

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Mobile Lot

3190

PADS $450/mo.

Brand new park in Lacombe.

Spec Mobiles. 3 Bdrm., 2 bath. As Low as $75,000.

Down payment $4000. Call at anytime. 403-588-8820

Painters/ Decorators

Waskasoo Creek Coronation Park

Contractors

1100

DALE’S Home Reno’s Free estimates for all your reno needs. 403-506-4301 FENCES & DECKS 403-352-4034 RMD RENOVATIONS Bsmt’s, flooring, decks, etc.

Call Roger 403-348-1060 SIDING, Soffit, Fascia and custom cladding. Call Dean @ 403-302-9210.

Maintenance 28 yrs. exp.

Retired electrician. Call Rick 403-318-4267 ATT’N: Are you looking for help on small jobs around the house or renovate your bathroom, painting or flooring, and roof snow removal?

Call James 403-341-0617

Massage Therapy

1280

FANTASY MASSAGE International ladies

Now Open

Specials. 11 a.m.-3 a.m.

Private back entry. 403-341-4445

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5* JUNK REMOVAL

Property clean up 340-8666 CENTRAL PEST CONTROL LTD. Comm/res.

Locally owned. BBB member.

403-373-6182 cpest@shaw.ca COMMERCIAL Parking lot Vacuum Street Sweeping & parking lot assessments.

403-341-6900

Painters/ Decorators

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JG PAINTING, 25 yrs. exp.

Free Est. 403-872-8888

2004 TITANIUM model 31E36MK. Loaded, many extras. $24,500 obo.

403-347-1050 or 304-4580 1995 OKANAGAN 23’. Very well maint. Must be seen.

Asking $5900. 403-342-0250

Cars

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2007 ACCORD 1, owner, full load. $8900. SOLD Buffalo Lake. 3/4 acre with lake views, 4 bdrm, 3 bath. $329,900. 403-741-6190

Beautiful views overlooking scenic river valley. Only 6 miles from Red Deer on pavement.

Starting at $249,000

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2007 STARCRAFT, 30’, slide, solar, air, walkaround bed, sleeps 6, rear kitchen. $17,000. O.B.O. 403-358-6765 1982 TRAVEL Trailer. 19’, dbl. axle, full bathroom, good cond. $3200. 403-346-3216

Auto Wreckers

HELP-U-SELL OF RED DEER 403-342-7355

Vehicles Wanted To Buy

4090

RED’S AUTO. Free scrap vehicle & metal removal.

We travel. May pay cash for vehicle. AMVIC APPROVED. 403-396-7519

A 5050 BESTSELLER

2005 CHEV 3500, 4x4 auto, BENALTO mobile home.

166,000 km. Pocket doors, 3 bdrm, bright & clean. club cab, L/B, $7500 or will Deck. Quiet living. $42,900. take some trade.

Help-U-Sell R.D. 342-7355 403-505-3113

with something for everyone & for all the news worth printing.

5010

Keep the Car, Take the Money!

If you own a vehicle, contact us today!

Call For Home Delivery

Start in Springbrook!

Est 1999. Cooking, cleaning, Best buy! 2 bdrm, 2 bath, companionship. At home 6 appls Upgrades. $299,900. or facility. Call 403-346-7777 for information.

Looking for a new pet?

Check out Classifieds to find the purrfect pet.

Yard Care

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JUNK/TREE REMOVAL, Yard/Care 403-358-1614 ROTOTILLING, power raking, aerating & grass cutting. Reasonable rates. 403-341-4745 THE ROTOTILLER GUY Garden Rototilling & Yard Prep. 403-597-3957

Tenders

HELP-U-SELL OF RED DEER 403-342-7355

Condos/ Townhouses

4040

EXCLUSIVE LUXURY RIVERFRONT CONDOS FOR SALE in Downtown Red Deer.

Call Renee at 403-314-1687 for Inquiries.

NEW CONDO

1000 sq.ft. 2 bdrm., 2 bath. $192,000. 403-588-2550

314-4300

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Locally owned and family operated

4971 Phelan St.

Well maintained on quiet street in Bentley.

Beautifully landscaped. $194,900

5200

FREE removal of scrap vehicles. Will pay cash for some. 403-304-7585

Manufactured Homes

Automotive Services

5190

RED’S AUTO. Free Scrap Vehicle & Metal Removal.

AMVIC APPROVED. We travel. May pay cash for vehicle. 403-396-7519

Misc.

Automotive

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Helping sellers sell for a low set fee. No advance fee.

Money back guarantee.

5120

Holiday Trailers

1966 FORD Mustang Coupe appraised $15,500.

Runs good. Would like at least $9500. 403-391-3456

403-754-5104

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Services

Acreage with art studio awaiting your imagination.

3.09 acres of lush trees and 2 homes. $549,900

www.laebon.com

Fully developed Lancaster bungalow! 5 bdrm., 3 bath.

Dbl. garage. $398,900

LAUREL TRUDGEON Residential Painting and Colour Consultations.

403-342-7801.

1200

man cave avail. Also have car shipping from USA to Red Deer along with brokering, over 300 contacts worldwide for finding your classic car. Call Kyle 403-896-7258

Antique & Classic Autos

Trucks

2 bdrm, hardwood. Upgraded.

VII MASSAGE CELEBRATIONS $217,900. 403-396-3494 #7,7464 Gaetz Ave. HAPPEN Escorts EVERY DAY Pampering at its IN CLASSIFIEDS Antique Dealers BEST! TAHNEE 392-0891 *BUSTY* INDEPENDENT w/own car and Stores 403-986-6686 Seniors’ Come in and see Handyman why we are the talk Services 4 POST car lifts and Classic Car Finders. We have Services of the town.

HELPING HANDS the highest quality car www.viimassage.biz Home Supports for Seniors.

Penhold new home. hoists for your house or ALL TRADES Home

1027

(Blackfalds) You build or bring your own builder. Terms avail.

403-304-5555

5110

Fifth Wheels

5000-5300

RECEIVE $5000.

Riser Homes

5070

Vans Buses

CLASSIFICATIONS

New Home. 1335 sq.ft. bi-level, 24x23 att. garage.

403-588-2550

1380 sq.ft., 2 storey, 3 bdrm., 2.5 bath.

Many upgrades, front att. garage. $371,000 incl.

GST, legal fee, appls. pkg.

Lloyd Fiddler 403-391-9294

1995 GMC Cheyenne 1500, located in Bashaw.

240,000 km. $3250 obo.

Call 403-318-5799

wheels

MUST SELL

Buy through us & be paid up to $5000. at move in. www.ResOneCash.com 403-358-9999 text / call Residential One

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1217 sq.ft. duplex.

4 bdrm., $191,900.

403-588-2550

2001 SILVERADO LT 2wd, X cab, 5.3L, 166,600 kms, grey, tow pkg, $6800 obo 403-343-8206

www.thetitlestore.ca

classifieds@reddeeradvocate.com

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Acreages

Lots For Sale

Pinnacle Estates

NEW HOMES

by Mason Martin Homes Kyle, 403-588-2550

Laebon Homes 346-7273

Call Classifieds 403-309-3300 Massage Therapy

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CUSTOM BUILT

To Advertise Your Business or Service Here

1130

Spacious executive condo feat. open concept living.

3 bdrm, 3 bath $304,900.

5050

Trucks

1988 B250 Dodge Ram van wheelchair ramp, power controls, saftied, V8, 5.2L motor 403-227-0513

MULTI-USE commercial/ residential, 2 large suites with separate shop & yard. $549,900. Help-U-Sell Red Deer 403-342-7355

HERE TO HELP & HERE TO SERVE

1000-1430

Eavestroughing

4100

Priced under appraised value for quick sale! Open inviting floor plan. 4 bdrm, 3 bath. $349,900.

CLASSIFICATIONS

1010

Income Property

2000 SQ.FT. OFFICE, 4836 51 Street.

Parking is avail. $2400/mo.

403-343-9300

wegotservices

Accounting

4090

Manufactured Homes

BY OWNER Parkland Estates, 1500 sq. ft. incld’s addition, 3 bdrm., family rm., stone gas fireplace, 1 1/2 baths, 5 newer appls., new paint, water lines, skirting carpet & lino. $65,000. 403-348-5016

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CLASSIFICATIONS

AVAIL. - 1 bdrm. w/full bath, $600/mo. incl. all utils. + cable, washer & dryer. Call 403-350-4041, 403-343-2636

Rooms For Rent

Condos/ Townhouses

homes

Executive 1/2 Duplex CLEAN, quiet, responsible, Fenced back yard on creek Lovely area near walking Furn. $525. 403-342-2627 paths, all amenities.

TIMOTHY & Brome square Hardwood floors, newly bales, great for horses, apdeveloped basement. prox. 60 lbs. put up dry MOUNTVIEW Avail fully furn 3 bdrms. up, 2 in bsmt. and covered, $5/bale bdrms for rent. Student or Must sell, Sylvan area. 403-887-2798 Working M only. 403-396-2468 Buy now and move soon! $349,900 Agent selected.

403-396-5516 or Offices 403-314-4318 Mon-Wed.

Tour These Fine Homes

54 KIRKLAND CLOSE Sunday 27th, 2-4 p.m.

Maxwell Real Estate Solutions Ltd. Gord @ 403-357-7720 or Ed @ 403-506-7171

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Grain, Feed Hay

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Open House NW Red Deer

4 Plexes/ 6 Plexes

1680

stuff

Clothing

1660

Electric grass trimmer, $12.

Brad nailer/stapler, $30.

109 pc drill set, $20.

Air compressor, 3G, $90 - new in box.

2 pr steel toe work boots, size 10 & 12, $25/ea.

403-887-4981

Spruce & Pine - Split 7 days/wk. 403-304-6472

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Auctions

Firewood

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Homestead Firewood

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R H2S Alive (ENFORM) R First Aid/CPR R Confined Space R WHMIS & TDG R Ground Disturbance R (ENFORM) D&C B.O.P. R D&C (LEL) #204, 7819 - 50 Ave.

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The following property is offered for sale by tender subject to restrictions in the existing certificate of title: MERIDIAN 4 RANGE 24 TOWNSHIP 36 SECTION 9 QUARTER NORTH WEST EXCEPTING THEREOUT ALL MINES AND MINERALS AREA: 64.7 HECTARES (160 ACRES) MORE OR LESS MERIDIAN 4 RANGE 24 TOWNSHIP 36 SECTION 9 QUARTER NORTH EAST EXCEPTING THEREOUT ALL MINES AND MINERALS AREA: 64.7 HECTARES (160 ACRES) MORE OR LESS The land is located within Red Deer County and contains: 91 cultivated acres more or less; 109 improved pasture and hayland acres; 120 pastureland, native trees and grassland acres more or less 2 water wells Power and natural gas service to the NW-9-36-24-W4 2 surface leases located on the lands: i) Total annual rent: $5,300.00 + There shall be no adjustments on the purchase price for the two surface lease income paid in advance during the year 2013.

Lands are also subject to a cash rent lease expiring on December 31, 2014 (details available upon request).

Lands subject to a right of first refusal.

Conditions Of Sale Bids are to be by way of sealed envelope including a letter indicating the following: i) GST Number of the purchaser. If the purchaser is registered with GST then the dollar amount of the GST does not have to be included in the tender, however, if the tenderer is not a GST registrant then the successful tenderer must pay the dollar amount of the GST on the purchase price. ii) A certified cheque or money order for 10% of the total tender, as a deposit, including GST if not registered. Cheques are to be made out to Herman, Kloot & Company in Trust and dated no later than April 30, 2014.

III) Only the successful tenderer’s cheque will be negotiated. All other tenderers’ cheques will be returned. iv) The letter must be an original and contain the signature of the purchaser. If a corporation is the tenderer, the legal authority must sign and seal the letter.

Sealed tenders are to be received by no later than 12:00 o’clock noon on April 30, 2014 at the following address: Herman, Kloot & Company Barristers and Solicitors 98 - 3rd Avenue West PO Box 970 Drumheller, Alberta TOJ OYO and marked TENDER Any tender submitted is to be made unconditionally by tenderer.

Should the successful tenderer not be able to close the purchase on the possession date, then the 10% deposit is non-refundable and the proceeds will be forfeited to the seller.

The successful tenderer is to pay the balance of the funds to the seller’s lawyers office by close of business on June 20, 2014 provided that the right of first refusal is not exercised by the third party. If the right of first refusal is exercised by the third party, then the successful tenderer will receive the return of his deposit within 15 days of the date of the third party exercising its right of first refusal.

Possession date is July 2, 2014.

The 2014 property taxes, cash lease rent, and all surface lease rental received after December 31, 2013, shall be adjusted as of the possession date.

Each party is responsible for their own legal fees.

Other Information Successful tenderer, subject to the right of first refusal, is to be notified by telephone.

Unsuccessful tenderers’ cheques will be returned by Canada Post no later than May 9, 2014.

The highest of any tender may not necessarily be accepted.

Any requests for further information are to be addressed to: William A. Herman at Herman, Kloot & Company at 403-823-4000.

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Red Deer Public Alternate School instructor Tammy Keeping looks on as student Christine Crossman flips some burgers during a foods class on Wednesday. This week, students at the alternative school are taking park in a number of option classes including cooking, photography, spray-paint mural art, first aid, volunteerism and animal care.

Sunday, April 27 CELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS DATE: Nigel Barker, 41; Casey Kasem, 81; Tess Daly, 44 Saturday, April 26 THOUGHT OF THE DAY: Today, there CELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS DATE: Channing Tatum, 33; Carol Burnett, 80; I.M. will be an ability to sense others more keenly.

You’ll be better able to tap into their circumPei, 96 THOUGHT OF THE DAY: Today will mark stances and this might alter your motivation a time when spirituality and religious mat- for either good or bad, depending on who ters will be discussed openly. Strong and you are around. It is a wonderful day to work compassionate values will be expressed and towards a charitable cause that is dear to this inspire everyone to feel blessed. This will your heart. The day will be filled with spiritual stimulate an inspiring and imaginative day, understanding and keen compassion.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY: If today is your birthstrong with intuition and dreaminess. You might want to withdraw from reality if you feel day, this year will have a significant impact on letting go of the old and have a wonderful inspired to do so.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY: If today is your birth- new start for you personally and how others day, this year will be a year full of inspired see you. The breakthroughs you are having action. There is a great opportunity to reach with your aspirations will be wonderful, but your goals if you ground them at each step. remember to give back to charitable causes You might feel you will have to continually re- that speak to your heart. This will allow you to work your work, health, and daily life to keep feel gracious for the abundance that will enter up with the ever changing landscape, and your life.

ARIES (March 21-April 19): Allow for that might be necessary. Stay open to whattime alone to focus on what areas of your ever comes your way and dream big! life need full focus - perhaps a ARIES (March 21-April 19): change in what you eat, your LARISA MAIRA There is a great opportunity for personal skills, or your financial you to come up with inspiring OZOLINS situation. Perhaps you need to dialogue to guide you out of any see these from a different angle. past wrongs. Speak of your valMake some space for the new ues and trust in spirituality now. by investing in yourself today.

Big changes are happening for TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Giving back you on a very profound level now. Trust the to charitable causes that speak to your heart process forward.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): There is a will give you that added positivity today. great possibility that you will have conversa- Friends will likely be very supportive of you tions that will open doors for you that you did now, as you let go of your past self-defeating not even know existed. Friends will inspire ways and move forward towards a new you you to see beyond the vision you have now. and the rightful positivity for your life.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Work done Trust that deep knowing you have today; it behind the scenes for the betterment of your will not lead you wrong.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): There has professional life will be highlighted today. Atbeen a great emphasis on clearing up the tending or organizing a charitable event for past to make room for the future. Today will work will help you find more value to your mark a starting point for you to feel inspired work life. Giving is on the agenda today, but and blessed about how far you’ve come along do take time for yourself to rest.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): The generyour journey. You’ll understand your personal osity of friends will provide you a whole new worth on a deeper level from now on.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): You will think perspective on life. The more compassionate up new ways to achieve your aspirations you are with them, the more you blessed you now. Inspiration will come through your faith, will be. Your dreams are coming true. You from whichever religious denomination you are more aware of the actions you need to believe in. First have faith in yourself and take to find peace with yourself now.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Today could others will follow suit. It is time to make your mark a time when you will be in the spotlight, vision a reality.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): You are sharing for good or bad. Make sure you are aware your values on work and think about how you that fears and insecurities will come about are seen on a public level. Those intimate depending on where you are focusing your relationships in your life, whether they are attention at the moment. Stay present, stay business colleagues or your spouse, will offer positive. Recognition is yours for the taking.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Joining forces you a compassionate response. Others are with others today will prove to be mind exseeing your value and want you to succeed.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Your perspec- panding and very practical and rewarding. tive on your romantic situation has taken on a You’ll be better able to see how others see zealous inspired tone. Trust your knowledge the world and this will allow for a greater and know that your spiritual instincts are high awareness of your sensory palette. Today will too. The individual you have met, or simply be mind-altering in a very positive way.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Being of serthose you are communicating with, are supvice to others is a great way to reduce your porting your values in this world.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Brainstorm- anxieties today. There will be important joint ing with your business partner will lead to ventures if you allow for the natural flow of greater awareness of future projects. Support events to occur. Greater awareness of those is there, now is the time to create the capital who share your struggles will help you find needed in order to take it forward. Trust mes- that much needed strength now.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): A romantic sages you receive from unlikely sources, it is interest will be open to discuss everything the universe lining you up for things to come.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): If you are under the moon. A breakthrough in that area, married or single, another might completely along with creative projects, are very likely enlighten you to their romantic side that you now and working with others on all levels will have never seen before. More meaning and be exactly what you are looking for. Take the value is shared with those you come in con- time to allow abundance to enter your life.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): A tact with, which inspires you to express your change in your work life or daily routine is on truth in the most compassion way possible.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): There the verge of a breakthrough. For now, invest is a great opportunity for you to have an open in opening up to family members and in your spiritually inspired conversation with your home, as they will need your attention right family now. This will open a new paradigm now. Giving and receiving goes both ways. for you with them. You might find out news For now, it is your turn to give back.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Opening about your grandparents that you never knew up to those romantic interests will be welbefore. Value this priceless wisdom.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Strong come today. Share your feelings and allow for intuitive connections with romantic interests gratitude to enter your life when you realize will peak today. There will be a higher source they feel the exactly the same way. You’ll feel of inspiration to conversations had now. Ex- inspired to create more artistic work when pressing your wants and desires will be ful- you are in full understanding of love.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): A more filling and you will have the feeling of being giving approach to family members is required blessed and grateful.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): The great- now. Whether it is finances or presence, they er you grow spiritually, the more you want to will both be very rewarding and beneficial for share this with your lineage past and pres- you. A true understanding of values and who ent. Spiritual guidance is the highest valued are you are will come to be and this will allow truth around. It guides from the heart center, for more abundance in your life.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Siblings and so one is never mislead or discouraged from those in your local environment will be more their true path.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Break- willing to give to you today. There is a sense throughs are happening for you with writing or of openness in your communications that they simply how you are communicating your truth. can’t resist. Be as compassionate as you can Today will be fully highlighted with inspiration and this will led to a greater sense of personal from you and admiration for you as you stimu- worth and value for yourself.

Larisa Maira Ozolins is an internationally late others to follow your lead towards greater syndicated astrologer and columnist. Her colawareness of humanitarian concerns. umn appears daily in the Advocate.

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Readers suggest options for relationships with no intimacy Dear Annie: I read the letter from it.” There are other ways to satisfy the “Saddened,” whose wife has cut off needs of your spouse. sex.

California: Intimacy to me is having I want to knock some sense into peo- a conversation, going for a walk, being ple like you. Life has different stages. there in sickness and in health. But We’ve done the sex thing. my husband has chosen to be intimate Why should women look for help? with his smartphone, surfing the InterWhere are the medications that reduce net for porn. libido in males? Why doesn’t Chicago: After a great he get counselling and learn deal of research, my wife to enjoy life without sex? began receiving treatment A complete absence of with bio-identical hordesire can be liberating. mones.

There is so much more room Not only is our physical in the brain for other things. relationship back on track, — J.P. but she feels better and has Dear J.P.: We received more energy in all parts of hundreds of letters in reher life. sponse to “Saddened” and Ohio: Maybe “Saddened” were dismayed at the numshould be bolder. ber of women who, like you, When my husband asks essentially said, “I’m not inwhether I’m interested in MITCHELL terested in sex, and if my sex, I always say no. Then & SUGAR husband doesn’t like it, too he gives me a back rub. bad.”

Fifteen minutes later, one Several women assumed thing leads to another, with our comment about “medihim doing all the work. cal treatment” meant we adIn the morning, he tells vocated hormone replacement therapy. me what a great lover I am. Deep down, We don’t advocate any particular treat- I am glad that he still finds me desirment, only that talking to one’s doctor able. about what’s available can help. And Texas: My husband was 20 years several women objected to the phrase older. After his first heart attack, the “knock some sense into,” saying it ad- meds made sex impossible. vocates violence against women.

I cried every day for three years.

This was an unfortunate phrase, and Then I started menopause and found we apologize. We will remove it from that cuddling and hugging brought us our vocabulary. closer than ever.

Our point is that marriages are partI am now 53 and widowed and have nerships. One partner should not be rediscovered sex. I am currently seemaking a unilateral decision that nega- ing a man whose wife is going through tively affects the other partner without menopause. She has agreed to an open first discussing it and trying to reach a marriage. mutually agreeable decision.

I wish everyone would be so open. It AARP (aarp.org) offers some won- could ease a lot of suffering. derful information and help under Florida: Women who cut off sex the Home and Family tab, in the sec- should have the courage to say: “I have tion marked Sex and Intimacy. Here’s decided that I no longer want a sex more: life.

From Florida: It annoys me when “It is not important enough to seek you tell women to consider their part- medical or emotional aid. I also realner’s needs and talk to a doctor. ize that this decision means your sex I suspect if intercourse were painful life is no longer any of my business. I for men, they wouldn’t be concerned hope you will share my abstinence, but about their partner’s needs. Hormone will not concern myself with how you therapy has serious side effects. satisfy your needs.

I tried prescription vaginal creams “I’m hoping our love will keep our and had terrible headaches. My sister emotional ties strong. I ask only that recommended Replens for dryness, you don’t embarrass me. I love you. I and I’ve had fabulous results. It con- just don’t want you anymore.” tains no hormones and is sold over the Annie’s Mailbox is written by Kathy counter.

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